Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-11-26

'o"Neh Shd ueSradeu 10 a remarkable
degree. Through the Christian work
OF the IIershel Mission. the character,
of the race has practically changed.
The most of the l:skimos arc now
Christians. and they are advancing in
,civilizotiOn.
LARGE fI:isitITORY
HIS DIRECTION
| ASKED bishop StrinRer TO tell mo
something about tho L;skimos of Can.
ada. He replied:
About ivc-siHths OF all the Eskiinos
OF the world are In the Canadian
dominion. There are altogether per.
hnps 10000 Of them. They live alon.
the shores OF tho Arctic Ocean and do
not 80 more than 100 miles into ,he
interior. Thicr chief business Is fish.
ms aud hunting. They sell thelr skin.
to the IIudson's BAY Company.
1T is stonishims.' said Bishon
Str'ngcr. "how cagcr the E.kimos ara
To become Christians. and what arden,
Christians they are! H~ecent,y ne had
:oo volunteers who asked to be mis-.
sionaries. and who were ready to star,
upon an expedition Of church worL
mat would Involve an absence OF two
years from home
IL WAS through his wonderful WORK
AT itcrShel Island that the Re-.
olFihScr was made bishop OF the Yu.
Non' lie has under his religious dircc.
tioh IL territory ar large as Germany
II consists OF Yukon Territory and tho
country cast OF ii, running almost 10
iudson's Bay. II liz tho mos, uorth.
crlE mission in the. British emp;rc
ana the most Of it's work is In tho
wiids. 1t was during one OF his trims
through that region that Btsbop
Stringer had his narrow cscape from,
surviving lie had finished inspectil-
III ESKIMO missions along the Arctic
o'cah ana had started homeward over
the Rocky Mountains to Dawson. 10
was travelling on foot. his only com
panion being q lay preacher nam.d
Johnson After a while they ran shor,'
OF 1000. They were far away from
any settlement. and starvation ,t,,.d
them In the face. For days they uy.,
on roots nuts and slowed squirrel,
NOW and then they shot a ptarmir,r
ana at one time killed q grouse. rba
grouse Is not bigger than 4 pixeon
out they only nibbled At IL. taktry
Just enough to keep themselves alive
Turing all this time they had ,o
a""rrclS as to tho division of the food
nc "'Shop told me that most men los.
'"e'r sense OF what is right under such
e'i"i'iohs. they are prone TO suspect
'"e'' ieiio"s. and quarrcls and deaths
haFc been caused through the heller
'ha' ono man gets moro than the Other
IN" bishop prevented this by arr,.,,,
win Johnson that turn about, one or
thcm should always make the diy;>jo,
OF the food portions. allotted for .,ch
meal and the other should then h,v.
the right; to pick which OF the tu,
portions he desired.
For instance said Bishop Strin-c,
our meal might b. the head AMI tho
leg OF a ptarmigan. After IL WAS oy.,
We would discuss which part had m.
most nourish,mcnt We hnalIv decided
on tho head, We each lost hfty hound.
during that Journey"
CoMrt;LLi;D To EAT
HIS BOOTS TO I>r:I:p ALIVE
! asked the bishop to tell me at,ou,
eating his boots. He replied:
We ala not do that until We wer.
out OF all other food. We should hay..
starved had We not eaten them. AND
IL was only because the boots were a,
the kind used by the ESkl,nos that ".
we're able to eat them. Roots mad.
or leather tanned and dressed I'm m.
ordinary way could not he eaten. I'll.
boots We had were OF scalskin dried
without tanning. They reached TO our
knees and contained quite a good dea,
OF hide. Our hrst cxpcrimen, with
them was not a success. They had
been creased night after night and the
OF! had turned rancid. The taste was
such that IL was impossible 10 swallow
or chew tho skin. NJ las, w tried
boiling IL and then toasting II. The
toastinS took away some OF the TASTE.
and after that we were able TO con
sumo them. With the exception Of a
rev bits. We had eaten TWO pairs OF
boots when we were found" The
bishop showed me some Of the pieces
left over which he has Kept AS a relic.
Th:y arc as black as ink and look
like vulcanized rubber.
was interested In the diary which
the bishop had kept describing the
journey. Here is am extract from the
record OF the day they were found.
Thursday, October 81. 1eOa.-Break-
fast off OF seaiskin boots. soles and
,ops, boiled and toasted. Soles better
than uppers. Soup from small scrap.
OF bacon and scrapings of the -four
barrel. The last We have. Tired.
Hands sore. Took a long time to pack
up. Concluded W. were in the Peel
River country. Heard childrcn's voices
in the distance and then saw houses on
left hand about Il mile ahead. We
stopped and thanked God for bringing
Us TO human habitation.'
During that trip the bishop had
started out 10 the Eskimos in May,
leaving Mrs. Stringer at Dawson. He
was then on his way home. He staid
only q fortnight, to rest and rccuperate
and then walked 500 miles TO rejoin
his family.
Copyright. 1916. by Frank G. Car
ptntcr.)