Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-09

posite Cambridge Bay, were discussed.
The natives would have nothing to do
| with 1t, explaining that rivers had to
be crossed and that they would be open
We figured that we would be able to
light flares that night and bring aid.
SO 1t became question of waiting
until the ice formed and 1t would be
possible to travel over it.
I'VE realized that Winter would likely
be on us before we would have q chance
to move, and our tents being unsatis-
factory against the Arctic gales. a sod
house was built, rooted with the canvas
from our tents. The roof was supported
by stays taken from one Of the ma
chimes. 1t was mighty cold, damp
shack, because the ground had been
frozen over and the walls settled con-
ttnually. Fortunately 1t proved to be q
meeting place for the Eskimos, and, as
the families went down to the coast for
fishing expeditions Up river, our position
gradually became strong.
The Eskimos took us under their
wing, and under the promise of rifles
and other articles II they would take us
to the post, looked after us in fatherly
way.
Taking UP the Eskimos' living con-
ditions, consisting of raw meat, was sort
Of repulstve to one accustomed to having
| 1t well cooked, but it can be DONE We
had the feeling that our stay on Queen
Maud Gulf, $50 miles or so north of the
Arctic Circle, was to be no picnic and
the sooner we adapted ourselves to the
situation, the better. Unfortunately the
Eskimos had no fresh meat when we
landed.
"our stay at Dease Point and the
trip out to Cambridge Bay was one of
cycles OF famine and plenty. Our first
taste Of plenty came when an Eskimo
brought us part of a caribou and
claimed the writer's gold watch as the
offered reward. He got it.
Suffered From Feast.
That was almost a month after we
landed and ives the signal for feast,
In which the Eskimos joined us. Some
OF the whites suffered as a result of a
full stomach again, but 1t was worth it.
| When the caribou arrived, we were
down TO half q dozen fairly good white
fish and some cast-offs that had green
something not quite so good but equal
| Our trip to Cambridge Bay started on
October 81. The party was divided be-
tween the Eskimo families.
| In one igloo Col. McAlpine, Mai,
Baker and lived with Eskimos we
called Jack. his wife and 3-year-old
| yOuIlSStef. CnaTIe ana MS VIE COOK
in Milne and Roadway, and Joe and his
wife and baby shared theirs with
Thompson. Mcmillan and Goodwin. One
long bed was provided, the Eskimos using
| skins and the whites their sleeping
bags. Some of the whites found it much
more comfortable to double up two
sleeping bags and three crawled into
one bed.
The trip was to have taken three days
at the outside, but It was not until Mo-
vember that we made Cambridge Bay,
after as eventful a period as the writer
ever wants to experience, Warm
weather came the second day out and
not only did it hold us up, but our
stock Of food again became depleted
and 1t was necessary for one of the Es-
kimos to travel back to Dease Point for
more. BY the time he returned We were
! down to IL fish for dogs and humans.
| after we did get nearly across the
straits we ran into ice and had to stay
over night on a foe, not comfortable
sensation with quite a wind blowing"
| Mr. Pearce tomorrow will de-
scribe the narrowing experiences OF
the party in its trek across the ice
! to Cambridge Bay, battling hunger
and frost bite.
| (Copyrisht, 1921