Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-11-26

the ESk1fflOS. lie came from Canada to Her
shell Island which lies in the Arctic ocean not
far from the Mackenzie river 1t is noted as
a whaling station, and in some winters more
than 700 whalers live there in order that thew
may start their business with the first break
up OF the ice in the spring. Bishop Stringers
work was among the whalers as well as among
the EskinOs. When he came there the latter
were the tools of the whalers They had no
sense of property rights and they were sunken
and degraded to a remarkable degree. Through
the Christian work Of the Hershel Mission the
character of the race has practically charged
The most of the Eskmos are now Christians
and they are advancing in civilization
asked Bishop Stringer to tell me something
about the Eskimos of Canada. He replied
About five-sixths of all the Eskilnos Of the
world are in the Canadian Dominion. There
are altogether perhaps 10000 of them They
live along the shores OF the Arctic ocean and
do not go more than hundred miles into the
interior. Their chief business is fishing and
hunting. They sell their skins to the Hudson's
Bay company
1T is astonishing said Bishop Stringer
tians, and what ardent Christians they are Re
Gently we had 200 volunteers who asked to be
missionaries and who were ready to start upon
an expedition of church work that would in
volve an absence of two years from home
1t was through his wonderful work at Her
shell Island that the Rev |. O. Strnger was
made Bishop of the Yukon He has under his
religious direction territory as large as Ger
many. 1t consists of Yukon Territory and
the country east OF it, running almost to I1ud-
sons Bay. 1t is the most norhrly mission in
the British empire and the most of its work is
i'll the wilds 1t was during one of his trips
through that region that Bishop Strnger had
his narrow escape from starving. He had fin
ished inspecting the Eskimo missions along the
Arctic ocean and had started homeward over
the Rocky mountains TO Dawson. He was
travelling on foot, his only companion being
lay preacher named Johnson After while
they ran short of food They were far away
from any settlement and starvation stared
them in the face. For days they lived on roots.
nuts and stewed squirrel Now and then they
shot ptarnigan and at one time killed
grouse. The grouse is not bigger than pig
con, but they only nibbled at it, taking just
enough TO keep themselves alive.
During all this time they had no quarrels as
to the division of the food The bishop told
me that most men lose their sense of what is
right under such conditions. They are prone
to suspect their fellows, and quarrels and
deaths have been caused through the belief that
one man gets more than the other The bishop
prevented this by agreeing with Johnson that
turn about one of them should always make the
division of the food portions allotted for each
meal and the other should then have the right
to pick which OF the two portions he desired
For instance said Bishop Stringer, ''our
meal might be the head and the leg OF ptarni-
gan. After it was over we would discuss which
part had the most nourishment We finally
decided on the head. We each lost so pounds
during that journey