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Reindeer Files Database

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Author
Date
Location
Subject
URL
Walter C. Shields
March 15, 1918
Shishmaref
Storm story







MS Ref: Box:
UO
To:
W.T. Lopp

Eskimo Names: Tautuk; Sinnok; Allokook; White Names:
Mrs. Lopp; Catherine; John Paul Jones; Hollie; Dilgo; Thomas; Johnson;
Events: Places: Taylor Creek; Nome; the Springs; Salmon Lake; Nugget; Igloo; Shishmaref; American River; Portage Creek; Noatak; Topkok; Noorvik; Selawik; Pt. Hope; Kotzebue; Norton Bay; the Kobuk;
Perceptions: Tautuk a fine fellow to be with; Treatment:
Travel Themes: "bad weather, deep snow, got lost; route back from the Fair; 5 day storm; " Eskimo Trading

Themes: "bad travel with Julia and the children; the Fair; Lapp igloos on the American River; no wood for 10 miles; short stack; dried salmon left in cabin; met by native relief party; Igloo Fair very best yet, in every way a great success; Murphy the reindeer; "fraternal order man"; future plans; would like to get out next winter; high cost of living hard for teachers; at mercy of local freight rates; salaries; " Trapping/Fishing/
Berry Picking

Business or
Organization:
Organization of Reindeer Men; Treasury Department; Customs; Public Health; Ships, Boats, &
Marine Equipment

Books, Documents, & Articles: The Eskimo; Diseases & Infirmaties
"Tautuk violently sick, sour bread from grub box;"
General Medical hopes to get a couple doctors and nurses next year for the District; TB Sanitorium;

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