The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-08-24

find footholds before climbing up ward some three hundred feet to reach the lower part of the village. The entire settlement is composed of thirty-odd houses, among which are three mounds of stone -and-sod
 half submerged in the ground; these last are the combination dance house, work house, bath house and what have you The Boxer called in and also the Northland again to unload more provisions before leaving us for the year. esii e
 First Tongues of lee In November the first tongues of ice crept beyond the western tip of the island Prom the top we gazed in fascination at those long slen- der white strips that came stealing towards us from out the Boring Straits and the Arctic East Cape Siberia, the Diomedes and Cape Prince of Wales rose above the foes that were to soon surround us. Shortly before that time a storm broke and great angry waves roared over the rocks that had recently been strewn with prec- ious food-stuff. The skin-boats and kyaks were dragged up to safer lodges out of reach, of the furious storm that became still only when the ice approached.
 Grinding and Crushing
 The young ice was replaced time after time by other floes that were swung and driven by the currents and winds. Often in the cold darkness, when winter had come. the terrific grinding and crushing of those floes being hurled against each other would fill the air with a laundering noise that. made the dogs whine and shiver. Nf !
 The winter was a successful one, for what are undoubtedly the gar1est hunters in the world. Seals were plentiful, no one was lost on the ice and we looked forward to, the big hunting spring would offer.
 Afrplane in April
 In April we enjoyed our great est thrill; the coming of an air plane to us. about six months out Of the world. The entire village slid to the ice, and hurried to the other side of the island, where the Jesuit Mission plane had landed on the adjacent ice, with the Rev. erend Father F. Menager, s. J. and the pilot, Arthur Woodley Having come unexpectedly from Nome there was no mail, but the planes arrival was exciting, as no other plane had ever landed at King Island before that splendid Bsllanca swooped down to us. |ss Flames Drop Newspapers Twice in June We had notes | and newspapers dropped by Alas | kan Afrways planes, piioted by Joe Crossen and Jerry Jones. I was lalso delighted beyond words with a flying glimpse of my father asfthe last plane passed above close over us
 Spring time brings walrus-hunt- ing, when the supply of meat for the following winter is obtained and ivory for selling to the traders lana at Nome Hides needed for covering the houses and skim boats are also procured, as well as oil for food and fuel. ts Walrus Are Hunted
 F. A few of the great walrus herds passed near the island, and the natives in skin boats go out 12I Tor Is miles to hunt.
 After the ice left, we watched days and days for the traders, but
 for the first Spring in many years porse cAnne to the island On the first of July the Northland arrived and through the kindness of her personnel the islanders were able to obtain greatly appreciated supply of food-stuff to last until Nome could be reached. Necessary medical and dental treatment was a.so welcomed and the King Is-' flanders were very grateful for the services they obtained.
 Sixteen Hours From Nome
 Bad weather delayed us until
 July 10, when the fleet of six skin boats left for Nome. Sixteen
 hours later, the King Islanders
 landed, as healthly and happy a group of Eskimos as one finds any, where in Alaska.
 Through the efforts of the Rev. Father B. LaFortnne, s. J. an experiment. in crab-canning was carried out during the winter. It
 is hoped. that the people of Nome
 will soon enjoy what we. know are