The Nome nugget., 1923-09-01
WHITE kaEH N SUPERVISION PARTY PERISH OuI
 WRANGELL ISLAND, LONE E$kIhi0 W0mAN 0blLY SURVIVOR

All dead on Wrangell Island except ore native Eskimo woman-was the electrical words that passed from mouth to mouth of the people of Nome shortly before midnight Thurs day night.
 A ships light was sighted to the westward of Nome about ten thirty P. NJ. Thursday by the U. s. Coast Guard Station whose crew put off in the station launch immediately, it was soon learned that the schooner Donaldson had returned from Nran- geil Island with the news of the sad fate of those lonely watchers.
 Captain Thomas A. Ross of the U. S. Coast Guard rendered all assist ance in bringing ashore the one sur vivor of the Stefansson advance guard which was headed by Allan Crawford two years ago on the i'll fated expedition to Wrangell Island. Harold Noice who is at the head of the expedition that effected the res cue of the Eskimo VII +" WI ie gel, was also breush asnUre rom
 the Donaldson at the same tune the, native was landed. (
 The Donaldson left Nome for f>-s-si;a
 gell August 3rd this year and arrived
 at that location August goth after an eventful trip. The vessel was forced to "heave to" on account of fog for nine days within 55 miles of Wran- gell, after the weather had cleared the ship bucked her way thru the ice fields and in doing so stayed hole
 in her bow which was repaired by placing a large Walrus hide over the opening made by the impact of the ice, thus enabling the vessel to pro- ceed on her journey. During the fog the Donaldson reached a point near Herald Island.
 After reaching Wrangell, at one of the deserted camps, one of the Iirst things that met the eyes of the rescu- ing party was bottle with the names of the Stefansscn advance guard par ty inside and the words attached that the party claimed Wrangel Is land in the name of King George" This camp was located near Rogers Harbor
 At doubtful Bay approximately 2S miles from this camp was found the only survivor, the Eskimo woman who is known in Nome as Ada, and said to be the former wife of native referred to as "Black Jack" To the rescuers the woman had a wild ap- pearance and looked frightened at the sight of real live men approach ing, and ship laying nearby To the poor native woman who was no doubt in half starved condition, and ! dazed from the long lonely existence on the Island, she did not know, and ! could not at once realize that the men approaching were alive, no doubt a | thought presented itself to this | woman's mind that this was hal Inclination and as the men approach | ed closer she took heart. Later tie | native woman told as best she could ! of the sufferings and days of watch | ful waiting for assistance that should come from the East, but which never did. This woman was down to her last package of Pilot bread and this was in musty con dition, according to reports from the rescuers. when the Noice party ar rived on the Island.
 The party was shown to what re- mained of the body of E. Lorin Knight. of MacMinville, Oregon, ly- ing dead in his sleeping bag in a tent. Knight had died on June 20 this year from that terrible dsease, Scurvy. Ada the native woman did all the hunting and looked after the welfare of Knight for approximately l