Salt Lake Telegram | 1925-03-13 | Page 17 | Explorer Finds Eskimo Tribe in Cave Homes

I I I I I I t te tt e t ESKiMO TRIBE j ej I e et t IN CA GAVE VE HOMES t tt t I t ANCHORAGE Alaska March 13 By Bv U U. Pi Frank PI-Frank Frank Ashenfelter deer deerman deerman 0 man and explorer recently returned 8 here from a cruise with the bureau o of education er Boxer reported report report- ed that the Eskimos of ot King island a small rocky spire In the tha Arctic live In cliff cutt dwellings cary carved caned d from rom the living rock petit by earlier nomads of ot C the tribe ah and Improved ved by the Snore more more modern Eskimo until they are quite comfortable even for white habitation habitation tion it If a white man wanted to live in one The island lies forty miles off oft the t mainland The Eskimos cross over C in m their skin boats in summer trading along the coast as far south as Cape Nome and return In lri the C fall In summer they anchor their C kin tents to the cliffs cUffs and Ih live ll e comfortably com corn C until the Arctic cold con cones es es I down t Many of the cliff clift dwellings are t furnished with the most modern I equipment Including phonographs sewing machines and comfortable i C beds according to Ashenfelter BeIng Being Being Be Be- BeI BeC I C ing fishermen and craftsmen the Eskimos use fossil Ivory combed C from the beaches in summer and the C tusks of ot walrus captured to shape i C Eskimo ivory art and use the art articles artt- artt cles Iles as barter for tor other necessities They put in the long winters carVing carving carving C ing the ivory bits and manufacturIng t Ing skin clothing all of ot which they t sell readily to tr traders ders Ashenfelter estimates the King t tisland island colony numbers about 15 i t Eskimos The island Itself has an anarea anarea t tarea area of ot about acres a rock rOCkY It lie lies acre acie for tor every person there In an extremely exposed position I and In winter Is swept by by terrific blizzards Snug In their comfortable comfortable comfortable comfort comfort- able caves with plenty of ot work worle t to occupy then the Eskimos take lit litand life and the weather as It comes an and like the place