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| Author |
Date |
Location |
Subject |
URL |
| Walter C. Shields |
July 2, 1913 |
[Nome] |
"Report on Shungnak, 1913 |
| MS Ref: | Box: |
NARA |
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| To: |
Commissioner | ||
| Eskimo Names: | Jimmie Orealuk; Lydia Sheldon Ikik; Michael Nackokluk; | White Names: |
Mr. and Mrs. Jones; Mr. Evans; Mr. W.T. Lopp; |
| Events: | Places: | Selawik; the Kobuk; Riley Camp; Barrow; Kotzebue; Shungnak; the Noatak River; the Selawik River; Igloo; | |
| Perceptions: | Treatment: | ||
| Travel Themes: | Selawik to Shungnak 7 days; | Eskimo Trading |
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| Themes: | "inspecting the Kobuk herd; Jimmie faithful, helpful, trustworthy; pet sled deer "Link", big Tunguse deer from Selawik herd, best deer I ever had; trip description; residence at Shungnak; man with broke leg transported to Kotz by locals; white man started fox farm above Shungnak; started to attend to matters of village as a whole, as at Selawik; sawmill; native reasons for mill at Shungnak; school larger this year than before; Jones a careful teacher; supply issues; always a "sugar famine" by Spring; reindeer supplies short this year; Shungnak needs an organ; Shungnak and Igloo only locations good for gardening; assistant needed, recommend Lydia Ikik; reindeer management; Shields sent Jimmie to Shungnak last year, Jimmie Orealuk has worked wonders with this herd; herd moved to salt water this year for the first time in 5 years; herd of small animals, least handsome, "dirty brown color", condition good; serious insubordination, man repentant, transported boy with broken leg, on probation; Jones leaving next year due to death of baby and Mrs. Jones ill health, a loss to the service; station nurse here;" | Trapping/Fishing/ Berry Picking |
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| Business or Organization: |
Ships, Boats, & Marine Equipment |
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| Books, Documents, & Articles: | "Stewart Edward White's "The Mountains";" | Diseases & Infirmaties |
epidemic of Grippe worst at Shungnak; young man brode leg above the knee; |
| General Medical | 2 old women died; need a set of surgical instruments; | ||
| Comments: | praises of Jimmie; |
