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•ntered as secona-ctass matter Au
gust 29th, 1923, at the postoffice at
Tokotna, Alaska, under the Act of
March 3, 1879.
Takotna, Alaska, June 1, 1929.
THRILLING CHAPTERS IN ‘KID
NAPING’ OF ALASKA TRAPPER
(Continued from Page 1.)
raries are given below, Gottschalk’s
baconie accounic account coming first:
August 27 to September 7th. Sail
iing around from Nome to Nunivak.
September 8, 2a. m. Anchored in
flee of Cape Corwin.
September 9. Left Corwin 9:30 p.
im. Looking for fresh water. 3:30 a.
m. found fresh water at Cape Men
tdenhalL
September 12. Left north harbor
Ifor St. Matthew Island.
September 13. Blowing northeast,
iheavy sea running. 10:30 a. m. sight
tad Cape Albright, southern end of St.
.MStthew Island.
Sept. 14. 2 p. m. anchored lee of
♦Cape Upright. Went ashore explor
iing, found plenty drift wood.
Sept. .19. On board 3:30 a. m. hove
;anchar, moved to the waterfalls and
irefilled the tanks, then rest in for the
.night. 3:15 p. m. anchor cable part
ied, vessel drifted. Off shore until
(daybreak, steamed in, picked up, got
it he anchor in, had some breakfast,
:steamed back to trapping station, put
^provisions on shore. 4 a. m. Brown I
iand Mike rowed down to the Cape i
'trying to shoot some seals; had no
Huck. 6:30 a. m. Perry and dog went
jashore to bring an old seal for fox
^and bate. All wet.
Sept. 20. In port in the lee of the
island, blowing heavy northeast
: storm. Perry made a ne wcamping
:stove.
Sept. 22. "Blowing 40-mile gale NE
anchored, dragging a little.
S.ept. 26. Blowing northeast from
;2:30 a. rii. 9:20 p. m. steaming slow
:speed against the anchor. 10:20 p. m.
moving toward the other end of the
island, went on shore, dug a dead
man, tied schooner. 10:15 wind haul
ing northwest to west. 11:15 a. m.
let go anchor.
Sept. 28. Schooner o nthe beach,
getting ready to pull up for the win
ter, swells running too big, caught
four salmon trout this morning.
Sept. 30. Skids under schooner.
Brown caught 11 salmon trout, fried
fish three times a day, shot three
seals, lost hem all, account not along
side boat, big southeast swell run
ning. Mike went up the beach look
ing for seals, found dead walrus car
cass, two tusks, makes good fox bates,
wind SE, all’s welL
Oct. 1. Blowing southeast gale,
big seas running, pulled schooner 30
feet upon beach, worked hard all day.
3:30 a. m. Mike went up the beach to
chop ivory tusks out of the walrus.
All’s well standing by.
Octfl 2. 10 a. m. started to blow
SE 3:30 big roller hitting boat, work
ing hard removing the cargo,
Octfl ). Hauling SW, 4 a. m. swells
hitting the boat hard. 9 p. m. clear
south wind, heavy surf resting whole
uay, caught ten salmon trout.
Octfl 4. Perry and his dog left this
morning for the northern end of the
island to build his winter hunting
cabin.
Oct. 6. Weather cloudy, blowing
50-mile gait fro mnortheast. Brown
and Mike working round the schoon
er, done some laundry Wbrk. All’s
vwlL
Oct. 9. Cloudy and rainy, saw
some seals, shot six ducks, caught
two ducks lost in the water, prepar
ing to pull the boat up higher, all’s
well, Mike’s birthday.
Oct. 11. Wind northeast, cloudy,
with snow squalls. This morning
Brown and Mike towed a log. Brown
strained his back liftin gtoo hard.
Caught two salmon trout, hung up
the nets for drying, all’s welL
Oct. 12. Weather light northeast,
cloudy, Brown still sick, put the two
big trout nets on the small net froze
in the ice, pulled it all to pieces, all’s
welL
Oct. 13. Brown and Mike worked
pulling up the schooner 9 feet. Got
one trout. Brown still not feeling
well, all’s welL Started on other plug
of tobacco.
Oct. 19. Weather northwest, haul
ing o northeast, cloudy with snow,
pulled the boat from the lagoon to
beach, Brown shot four seals, had
swell seal steaks for dinner, after
dinner pulled up the schooner, all’s
well.
Oct. 21. Weather northeast, blow
ing, completed hauling the schooner
up for the winter. Foxes robbing our
cache of seal meat last night. Brown
took a bath. All’s well.
Nov. 18. Light southwest. Trying
seal oil, cleaning traps, all’s welL
Grand Celebration
McGrath, July 4th
Boat Races—Outboard and Inboard.
Men’s, Women’s and Children’s Foot
Races.
All kinds of Running and Standing
Jumps.
Hammer Throwing.
, Patato Race for Ladies.
Apple Diving Contests for the
Kiddies.
Many Sports of All Kinds—Too Nu
merous to mention.
, » PRIZES FOR EVERYBODY!
BIG DANCE IN THE EVENING!
Come One Come All
A Grand Time Assured
Nov. 22. Weather mild, ENE.
Brown and Mike went across the'
island. Repairing a cabin came back
toward evening, all’s well. j
Nov. 24. Weather mild, .light north- j
west, getting wood for the winter. (|'
Nov. 28. Weather fine, northwest,
left 10 a. m. for the main camp, gath
ered lots of crabs, got to camp 0 p.ra.
All’s welL
j Dec. 1. Blowing northeast, snow
ing, working on the trap line. Brown
returned from Perry’s camp, dispute
! settled, all’s well.
Dec. 5. Blowing southeast gale,
l raining, biggest stor mthis fall, seas
j went over sandspit, nearly lost our f
home and schooner, standing by - all
day and night.
Dec. 6. Storm moderating, block-J
ing schooner up, caught two foxes,;
all’s welL i
Dec. 8. Blowing hurricane, >-sea
boiling over, water washing over our
home like a ship on the ocean. Brown
and Mike standing by. Trying to.
save the schooner, no sleep tonight,!
moved all our belongings to the cache,.
all’s welL
Dec. 1L. Weather southeast, clear,:
-blocking schooner up \ready for the
•next storm, had fried fox, ham for ■
supper, big feed.
Dec. 17. Weather- light northwest,
putting out traps. Perry arrived j'1
from the north of the island, not. feel-j
ing well.
Dec. 18. -Starting to storm from
northwest. Perry left for -his home.'
Chopping wood, no lighten, cabin, sit
ting in the dark, whole night, blizzard'
covered the .cabin .with snow, alte- j
■ gether no ventilation, could /hardly
get air to breathe.
i Dec. 24. Storm northeast, snow.!
| Hauling to the north. .Beach. making j
slush ice. Bad iChristmas dinner, cod- ;
I fish, clams, dried ^potatoes, pudding,1
Miuuvm^ ui ji^v uiiwcu, oil a .wcu.
Dec. 26. Weather clear.and cool,1
north wind, sea making ice,- spending
| Christmas in camp,iieans .acd rice for
l dinner, all’ swell. j <
Dec. 27. Wind southeast, storm, ’
i hauling southwest, big sea, throwing i
i over the beach, had to shovel snow
I with a -dish ,plate in the cabin. to get
i out, rustled some wood. .Took in the
I line, went to home camp to get a
I shovel, got lost in the fiats, .made'
| camp ten m the night, lost one fox,
| Brown caught one, beans and..codfish
i for supper. j
Jan. 11. Weather clear, cold north
west. Mike left this morning for his
trap lines, trying to round the cape,
had to turn back, pretty near drown
ed the sled 4 o’clock, starting to blow
a heavy blizzard, got lost up in the 1
i mountains, made1 the cabin midnight,!
all in. H
Jan. 12. flowing southeast, heavy:
snow, squalls, froze one heel and one' 1
wrist, took in 2MEk of the trap line, i
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