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GAMBELL NEWS
By CLARENCE IRRIGOO
GAMBELL, St. Lawrence Island,
May 1—Food and other short
ages are of the past now. Walrus
and oogruk were killed last part
of April. Except that the winter
storms and cold continue to pile
more snow upon buildings. Some
places the snow is 15 feet deep.
Municipal airstrip was snowed
in making all aircraft landing im
possible. The strip is being clear
ed and should be ready before
too long.
May 8—The day was good. All
boats set out with sails up.
Whales were seen in schools. Be
fore noon, Daniel Iyakitan’s boat
struck a big one. There were
many whales so the boats lose the
stricken whale. The men watch
ing from shore said while the
boats were chasing one way—the
stricken whale was fleeing the
other way. That is how the whale
was lost.
May 9 — Another good day.
Everybody went hunting. More
whales were seen. Stanley Ooze
va’s boat struck a big one. This
one did not escape! For one year
without muktuk, dead whale
looked good. It took the boats six
hours to tow the big whale in.
Charles Hughes, an anthropolo
gist from Cornell University was
lucky to be in one boat. He wit
nessed all the excitment and took
100 feet of color movie with 16
mm camera.
May 10—Men had worked all
night. Few had slept while others
worked — so these went hunting
this morning. While we were cut
ting the blubber and baleen —
boats were seen with a signal on
top of mast (signifying whale
struck). Several other boats went
out to help tow—if the whale was
killed. It was a dead whale—the
one lost Sunday, May 8. The boats
had found it already dead. Boats
towed the dead whale and reached
home little before midnight.
One death saddened all the ex
citement. In April Robert Tungi
yan passed away. He had T.B. for
several years. Many people will
remember when Robert raised the
dwindling village fund to thou
sand dollars during his term as
village treasurer. He is survived
by his widow and many chil
dren, some now married.
Women did not wear close fit
ting stockings until the latter part
of the 16th century when they
realized that a shapely leg gained
much in attractiveness by wear
ing them.
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