Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-01-24 | Page 12 | Hungry Eskimos Saved as Reindeer Arrive

HUNGRY ESKIMOS SAVED AS REINDEER ARRIVE SEATTLE Jan 2 24 AP-A AP great teat drama of or the north the sIx ear drive o of a huge herd of ot reindeer from western Alaska to the mouth of or the MacKenzie river was ryas bein being completed toda today promising food clothing and transportation for far possibly many generations of oC eskimos Recent meager reports have described the eskimos eskimo of oC Richard Island in in the great river delta of northwest northwest- i i ern C Canad Canada mad as starving and the arrival 1 of the great herd on its wa way five rive ye years has been awaited I can say for sure now that the herd is close dose enough to Richard Island to save the Eskimos said Carl the reindeer kin king g o of Alaska Andrew D Bahr already almost a legendary leg figure ligure in the north for lor his exploits has hao led the great teat migration across northern Alaska amid almost untold hardships I Bahr and the herd were reported I in iri a u wireless message re received here by ay the Associated Press on nn Christmas eve jt just t across the Mackenzie river from Crom Richard island The bare ice and the absence of oC the midnight midnights s sun sun n had halted their task But the moon was full last Saturday Saturday Sat night Lomen said here and Bahr will twill work with it The on only I thing hing that chat would have stopped him would could have been the moon We wont won't know positively for tor two weeks that the herd k is actually at Richard island but it is close enough h so ro that the Eskimos arc are saved paved