The Wrangell sentinel., 1938-09-23
Reynolds Hunts WalruS
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 The escape of twelve Alaska nal tiYes from a herd Of Is enraged walrus which charged their frail crafts while Senator R. R. Reynolds of North Carolina and Dr. Thomas c. Thompson of the University of Washington watched from anotherI boat was described yesterday In al radio message from the Coast Guard cutter Northland
 Senator Reynolds and Dr. Thomp- son, head Of the Oceanography De partment at the University, are cruising aboard the NOrthland on it's present voyage into the Arctic Oceans and were allowed to accom- pany Coast Guardsmen and the nal tiyes on a walrus hunting expedi-I tion % miles out from Wainwright.
 Zeusler Describes Hunt
 Seattle headquarter of the Coast Guard received from Comdr. F. A. l zeusler of the Northland the fol- lowing radio message describing the hunt and the attack:
  season prompted Jim Allen of Vain wright to request the commanding officer of the Northland, anchored ! off that village for aid in killinea as many walrus as possible for the coming winter supply. The ice being 70 miles offshore and there being considerable work in the village the commanding officer dispatched a Coast Guard launch in charge of Lieutenant Commander Sarratt and a crew of eight with rifles. Allen acted as the guide. Three large Es-I kimo skin boats and twelve natives formed the remainder of the ex- petition.
 Senator Sees Incident
 Permission was granted Senator Reynolds of North Carolina and pr. [ Thompson of the University Ocean ographic Department to accompany [ the expedition. Loose ice was found eight miles off, but the main pack where many walruses were found E was about 20 miles out.
 Tn making the approach to the main pack, a lone bull was sighted 2 and Senator Reynolds was given first chance to kill. Two skin boats were cast adrift and they approach the ice from leeward until within range One shot was fired by the senator at 20 yards. It went true and the bull toppled over. The bull fought brayely to escape but an- other shot killed him.
 Had 32-Inch Tusks !
 "The walrus weighed about 3,0OOI pounds, tusks measured 32 inches. F The natives immediately dissected the animal and loaded it into the towed skin freight boat. It was not long thereafter before the main pack was sighted and many of the Hoes had Walrus on them. A flat floe of ice was selected on which there were about 25, three of them being cows with pups. The two skin boats approached the Hoes as before at different angles and the hunters were directed to pick certain bulls for slaughter.
 rive DuilS anu two pups were killed. Two cows and one bull were wounded They ran for the water and headed toward the boats which were making for the ice floe. Evi- dently the wounded cows had lost their pups and smelled the blood. About Is other walruses charged the boats with the wounded wal ruses. The crews padded desperately for the ice foe and as their boats struck the ice a wounded walrus hooked its tusk over the gunwale I of one boat nearly capsizing it.
 Most of the crew got out on the ice. One native used an ax on the entangled walrus tusk, while a l member of the Northland's crew fired shot into the neck of the fighting walruses. The shot killing the entangled walrus scared the others away. In all cases Jim Allen directed the firing to avoid unnec-