The Nome nugget., 1921-05-07

brings the supplies each season from
 Vancouver. around Point Barrow 70 Herschel Island.
 The start on the present trip was
 m.tda from kittaGazint, the post on
 the extreme eastern point of the NJ kenZie river delta, which is the winter
 home of the two men. on November S.
 \ run of 200 miles was made to Her
 four days. and on the 18th they left
 the island. \ side trip of 300 miles
 was made to the post at Aklawik on
 the Mckenzie river to pick up the
 seasons requis ton for supplies for that station. They then struck out thSough the mountains for Old Crow river and from Old Crow to Rampant
 House. From Rampant House they followed the Porcupine and picked up the mail trail at Circle which they fol- lowed into Fairbanks. They claim the
 hardest part of the trip to be the stretch through the coast mountains,
 until timber is reached Over th,s
 part of tho journey it was necessary ! to haul seal meat for dog feed, and if
 nude Il heavy load for the few days
 supply that was necessaly. On the Arctic slope there is no timber and # WAS necessary to gather dry willows
 throughout the day in order to have sufficient fuel to prepare the meals. On the trip as fai, as Circle tw,
 teams of four dogs each Were used. but when q broken tr;Lil was struck three of the dogs were disposed of to Il prospector headed for the Chandalar and the remainder of the two teams
 made up into one of five dogs. The
 stretch of trail from Circle into town
 was covered in good time The only cred in the mountains, where the ther-
 mometer dropped around 40 below. and
 heavy winds bothered
 In speaking of the country from which they have just come. Mir. Hen ricksen and Mir. Johnsen bring facts that are mighty interesting. Along | the whole coast line from the boun- l diary tn King Williams Land there
 are only sixteen people. other than
 the natives. at the pres sent Hme. There are men reported to be prospecting but they have not been seen by the Hudson Bay men. and it is not known
 what luck they are meeting with. Her
 schel island is the headquarters of the company, and the base of supplies for all of the posts. On thei sland th,S
 winter are: Inspector Woods and Dr. Doyla of the police. both have their wives with them and Mrs. Woods and Mrs. Doyle, who are the only white Wonen in that land. seem perfectly
 satisfied: the Reverand Mir. Gedd.s of the church Of England. who is in charge of missionary work; and Mir. Hall, m9nager of the Hudson Bay Con- pIny. Dr. Doyle is regularly statinn- ed at Fort McPherson. but owing to sickness was called to HerscheI Island ard was unable to return owing to the
 time of year. He Will make q patrol to Rampant House early in the spring
 Mr. Hall> may be remembered as the man that reported the murder of the
 missionaries, Street and Radford. in 1912, by Eskimos. The two natives
 were picked up by the mounted police and taken outside for trial. They are
 now back to Herschel Island: Ak!awilS at Shangle and cannot be persuaded
 to return to their former mode of life.
 Mr. Hall has lived among the Huskies for over twenty years and speaks their language f1uently.
 The Hudson Bay posts are Harschel Island: Aklawik, at Shangle Point: Kittgazuit; Bailey Island. Fort Mason;
 Tree River and Rents Peninsula. The
 three last posts are on Coronation Gulf, the home of Stefansson's blond
 
 thrifty people and easy to trade with. At Tree River the mounted police es- tablished station two years ago. and have three men on duty there at the
 present time.
 The natives along this portion of the Arctic coast, including the 'blond
 Eskimos" of Coronation Gulf lead q
 nonadic life. They will build snow city and. as fancy hits them, wander
 off and probably not return before the
 summer sun has destroyed their work
 They subsist on meat alone. and are in
 good health. Their sleds usually con-
 sist of d bear skin. with no framework
 and many of the tribes do not yet pos
 sess firearms. although the traders are endeayoring tO sunDly them