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| Author |
Date |
Location |
Subject |
URL |
| Fred Sickler |
April 6, 1915 |
Shungnak |
Status update |
http://ankn.uaf.edu/Resources/ReindeerFiles/809-813.pdf |
| MS Ref: | [9-33] | Box: |
B1 |
| To: |
Walter C. Shields | ||
| Eskimo Names: | Crazy Charlie (Nunganak); John; Yukon Charlie; Nellie (married to Kopatkok); Kokiak; | White Names: |
Lloyd; Tom Shea; Issy Provda; Mr. Jones; Archdeacon Hoare; Dr. Nichols; Mr. Mendenhall; Mr. Lopp; Samms; Mrs. Sickler; Johnson; |
| Events: | Places: | Kotzebue; the Koyukuk; Shungnak Creek; Kiana; the Noatak; Selawik Hot Springs; the Kobuk; | |
| Perceptions: | petty quarrels and jealousies; native nets inferior to white's nets; Eskimos jealous; | Treatment: | |
| Travel Themes: | Eskimo Trading |
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| Themes: | "gardening; Chilean salt peter; Glauber's Salts; reindeer herders; residence; deer to Koyukuk; game law; moral conditions; "whiteman dance"; to Koyukuk to work for wages; appointed postmaster; reappointment; Hoare to oversee building of Shungnak Church (Episcopal); guide for Mendenhall ; cold storage proposition; Reindeer Fair; " | Trapping/Fishing/ Berry Picking |
wild sheep; caribou; moose; Selawik Hot Springs; poor year for ptarmigan; few rabbits; poor catch of fish in fall; foxes scarce; winds bad for trapping; fishnets; |
| Business or Organization: |
American Net and Twine Co.; Indian Service; | Ships, Boats, & Marine Equipment |
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| Books, Documents, & Articles: | Diseases & Infirmaties |
rheumatism; |
|
| General Medical | epsom salts; castor oil; | ||
| Comments: | "reindeer boys; Shungnak on the north side of the Kobuk; phonograph; curiousity about whites at Hot Springs; "chasers"; summer fish camps 40 mis. Upriver from Shungnak;" |
