The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1921-02-12

welcome to their festivities the Town. Ia
fact L.
1.-THE principal meat supply qls lrsioh Is il'
wild game. chiefly the mooseid tne CARIBOU.
We were there. at the season OF caIipou runs
as they are called. 1t seems 4 DIS autumn ap
proaches, the cariboN begin Il aIhuai ii,'s'"
ton or run. The herds buncfsetfer ull oa d
leader apparently, and to thefhoeT VI -oU.ooo
to 100000, begin their run thdopsat no',nns'
that never turns aside, and leus ho"ou9
knows where. The method quntfg Is qui'e
simple The hdntsman selectiepol that Is aS
near to the trail as he darel gel taxes ms
stand, and picks off his game pfses on the
run AS it is purely pot-htntftheg game oeins
killed for food-the biggest aPttef DUCKS are
usually the ones killed by 3gunfr. Nature
has provided ample cold sto7 80 ne meat -
easily kept
1.-THE flight to Fairbanks, thFne4most point
reached, was over the most ddae rgion OF the
entire course. For miles therEf sign OF
trail not even an Indian trail EIn, nddeniy we
picked up trail that appear e1 ana thero
along the route, quite clear az li1enned. we
afterwards learned that Gen. fT Mitchell OF
the air service, had led an opp INTO tnis
country and cut this trail 70 Ya43 IN making
a survey for the purpose OF ksfping tele-
graph line to connect with n 10 Siberia,
which project was later abandpnN
.Fairbanks, with populatonx OOO. is the
largest town west of Alberfa,t the whole
town, reinforced by the mining b OF the VI
cinity, was out to meet u.s.. Tftte to Ruby
was over low hills and swanphere are no
maps of the country because thas been no
survey. 1t has been impossible Rke one. In
winter the country is coverfd NtloW and ice,
and the only means of travf Is rs In sum
mer it is tundra, and travf fspssiBie
Sat Ruby we landed on SAP which con-
vaniently appeared in the 4ver he right time.
and proved better for our nrpfan the land
ing field first selected by Cdtaflglas.
1--WE made the hop to Noe pg the Boring
coo with weather condition. chg every hour;
keeping in touch by wirdwite wireless at
Nome as soon as we goa reporting we
weather clear, we jurnpf ifr boats and
bopped off. We few a1hn tude of LOGO
feet, zig-zagging our waito ID transforms.
When we saw fairly cleiEpoead we stsercd
for it, but for the most # as just steady
pushing through black clfs.
"At Golovin bay, we 4 ard OF reindeer.
and in Bering sea we spfd lumber of white
whales and long-haired 81
.Our only actual hunt one trip was to
bag hundred or more ds.f to Kill blnck
bear. We might havdllfaribou, moose.
maintain goats and shedusere was no rea-
con for it, as we had pedof carrying the
game.
AT Fairbanks and NfTfere given many
souvenirs. in the way OF ntSets, and so on.
Each one of us was Ijtn,with q reindeer
hide parka, such as thfnfwear Most in
tarestinc. however, of tftAre our Alaskan
aoes NV two We're gi1e Ben Derrick of
Ruby who has carriedfnd In that part of
tho world for years. LOO are a cross be-
tween the gray wolf al hskan husky.
captain Streets dofebresented to him
by Sepalla. one Of th4iifrs who came to
Alaska with the reindiih the government
imported from Siberia fNhty-five years ago,
and have multipiied a1of SO numerous in
Alaska" =
Captain Douglas, til iddue the credit Of
making all prelimina dement's for the
flight. confined his REQ expressions of APP
probation for the cdoH and courtesy ex-
tended throughout i}eH and that OF the
expedition, by the q government, by the
signal corps and weirefls of both coun-
tries. by municipaiA Individual citizens
from one end Of the the other.
wherever wen I'm Douglas said, II
got acquainted witt dy. I know them
they are my friends Gson the entire party
were made honorary IS of both the Yukon
Pioneers and the AL Dneers, and at White
horse the same dist ms conferred upon US
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