Marble Hill press., 1921-01-20

welcome 10 their frstiti'i-=-EH'c ~ ID" town 10
fact
The principal NEST supply ~ this region rs -
Wild rm" chiefly 'av Wuus. aud %" caribou
We V.r. there at %. season - the caribou runs
as they ar. cnt.-4 T. -,.nns that autumn ap
breaches the caribou begin their annual uiErh.
tion or run. The h-ri. bunch together under
leader apparently ans 'p 'h- number ~ -''''
20 aus. begin Their ruu that stops n' h"'Ni-
that never turns aside ana 'In' leads n"hFN
kuus. where TIE method ~ hunting l. 4ui"
simple. The huu'suuG ~.i'rfs o. slaI That D., a~
near 70 the trail hr HH-"s 20 get takes Dts
stand and pIca. 80 h.. gam" ~ % passes "H 'H"
run ~ = purely g,' bunting "'h' game h".H-
ku..d fur food ''. biggest Hnd fa'f,s' BUCKS arr
usually 'hs ONES .,lIei hy 90" s4nnrr. Nai-r
has provided ample cold storage. 81" 'a" m'l' =
easily kept
The fl.ht 70 Fairbanks 'le nnr'hsrrw"sf r"n'
r,Hrr..f uHs over 'h. HH-. trs".a'r r"-."H .. ...
entire e.ur,r fHr mile, 'N.re was Do" y -r ".
trail uo, even au indian rH.. Then ,ua.n..' %
picked up t-aI thar appeared h'rr a'a '"'Ee
alarg The route quit. ..,ar aud "r.#.tra.ra W."
afterwards learned fhu' ssu. william N'rhr. ''
the alr service had ..d 81. expedition lu'" '"r
country aud .a' this tEa.. =" ErHF- n-" q Hah =
a survey for th- purpose ~ ,>fah. -h.h- ..e
g-rsh Wrr go connect N.'h rH'e 20 SIBERIA
which proa..- uas later abandoned
~Talrhaaa, with population % 800" i- '.'
largest tumu vest ~ A..'E'a. sua ihr "Nfr
town rclrf ICED hy the mining camps = Ne VI
r.nfty was .st 20 meet us tn, T"u'" p" hA"l
was over loss hills and sNauIs Thor. are o."
r,nus uf tAr country because there has been 10
-pr,., II ha, been impossible make nu" In
y,ir,.r M, country Is covered with sH"" uai '.r
ana the ONLY means of travel is on skis To- sim.
ner II = ,.. ira and travel Is impossible
-, Ruh. We landed on sand har which con.
y,ol,pfI, ef.rarcd In the river at the right time.
and rroy,l n,,tcr for our purpose than the land
ing hrld frs elected by Captain Douglas
..N. made he hop To Nome Skirtinc The Boring
80, with ura fhsr conditions changing every hour
t,.plng IN ,such ny wire with the wireless al
g.. - son AS We gut a flash reporting The
weather clear. We Jumped In our boats ana
honpea N We flew at an attitude of l""
Zoo, ,ir yarring our way 10 avoid rainStorus
When We saw a fairly clear spot ahead We sfe'red
,nr a. but for the most part n WAS JUST sI'".y
pushing through black clouds
AZ Goro,iu bay We saw herd Of reindeer.
and in Rer.ng sea we spotted number OF white
whales and lang.hared seals
"orr r1lv actual hunting on the trip was 10
hsc a hundred or more ducks. and to XIII black
80. ", might have Killed caribou. moose,
r,orptain goats and sheep. but there was no r'a-
co., rc- II ss we had no means " carrying the
game.
AT Fairbanks and Nome we were given many
s,,verirs IN the way Of gold nuggets and So on,
ra,h one Of us was presented with reindeer
80, rsrks such as the Eskimo wear. Most In
,.r,stJpg however OF the gifts are our Alaskan
aoc, Nv two were given me by Ben Derrick OF
nh who has carried the mail in that part OF
tho world FOR years. The dogs are cross ne
,rasn tho gray wolf and the Alaskan husky,
"raptain Streets dogs were presented to him
hv senalla. one Of the Laplanders who came 10
Alaska with the reindeer which the government
Inrorted from siberia about twenty-five years ago
ard have multiplied and become ~ numerous IN
Alaska.
Captain Douglas, to whom is due the credit OF
making all preliminary arrangements for the
eisht confined his remarks 10 expressions ~ ap
prs.>,.tton for the cooperation and courtesy ex
tended throughout his Journey. and that of tho
exnedI,ton. by the Canadian government by th'
.,vpal corps and weather bureaus Of both ccun
tries by municipalities and individual citizens
from one end Of the route to the other.
"Whsrever I went" Captain Douglas said, :"
got acquainted with everybody. | know them
they are my friends, Az Dawson the entire party
were made honorary members OF both the NuS N
Pioneers and the Alaskan Pioneers, and at White
horse the same distinction was conferred upon III
by the 'Squaw Mans Union.'