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**Split-the-Wind.” famou .. throughout the length v tv- J
breadth of Alaska, as the greatest lmisiuu tin- countn
ever produced, is dead at Nome of Spanish infuicima. at
cording to a number of telegrams re. !v by Ala k: :
Seattle vesiertlav savs a recent Seattle Times.
“Split” was an Eskimo, about 1 feet ‘all and we!ghe<
about S') pounds . He reached Nome some five weeks ag
after spending six years in the Arctic regions as guide t
Vilbjaimur Stefansson, head of the Canadian exploring
expedition. He is credited with saving the lives of the no
ed .xplorer and three of his companions when they wo- c
lo>: on tin* Arctic ice floes for several months. It was Spi
the- Wind’s brain that conceived the idea of granulating
and cooking the babeesh of the snowshoes and the raw hid
thongs and lacing of the sleds, which food sustained ti
until they reached Banks Land, where they were rescue
by Capt. Louis Lane of the schooner Polar Bear. Stefan
sson paid Split- the - Wind Xd,500 in Canadian bonds fo
his services.
Although only about 25 years old when he died. Split
the -Wind, ten years ago ran eleven of the best runners in
Alaska off their legs in a marathon race. He was reputed
to be the best hunter in the Arctic.
PAID ONE VISIT TO SEATTLE.
Spl't the - Wind paid one visit to Seattle, 1 ut h
found the city "too much warm enough.” lie had nevci !
seen a tree larger than an Arctic willow in his life till tlu 1
hip on which he was traveling entered the Strait. It wa
early morning, and Split- the- wind rushed to the room o'
Mike Sawin, another musher. who later was killed wit!,
the Montenegrin army at Cctinge, and said: “Mike, get o.)
quick; willows here as big as hig as mountains.''
“Split” was very friendly with a member of Tin
Times staff and for several days was at the office first
thing in the morning and the last thing at night, to ride ui
and down in the elevator. When the elevator operator
stopped him. he acquired the habit of foing in every build
-ing on Second Avenue and asking to be taken to the to;
floor. Elevator joyriding was his favorite amusement *
One day a member of The Times staff invited “Split”
to a matinee performance of a particularly melodramatic
play in one of the local theatres. A thrilling gun fight wa
a feature of the performance. “Split” edged to the back of
the box. “Cap’n Jack, Cap'n Jack!” he called in a scared
voice.
MIGHT MAKE MISTAKE.
“What’s the matter?” asked the host. ■
“Split” held the door ajar. “More better we get out of
here,” he said; “maybe they make a mistake."
lake all Eskimoes, “Split” was strictly honest, but on
one occasion he fell from grace. A friend had a fine mala
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offer ; to 'hr • ;v.','kuvs oi A usk.i, highest Cash prices tor
(heir l urs. .
i he Metl od of pu • !-s follows:
Si.i’.s -\>ar - • by express >r parcel past ii same ainoua
to Sit.• < will v;;r< our be ter, which u ur
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st . eh Split • mted to train for a leader fo
. Split” reappeared half at
in .iirs. Idon
• but I don’t ask hei
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>y Northerners i tl ity yesterday.
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been use111 • Cr rk(
re .xuioiici :a red lie
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Any man v. ho ’ a to ! «» i yar
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will be willing to wa* tin re are • •
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S \YS MAKER OF UiA) CROSS
Diiin.T ! - r n:. visit to El: op.
>ecn tai j • V i r wro1 a lett*;:
i*o?ii American . »my It adjusters in
France to the Anieivaii Red Cross
which have just been received in this
country, in which ho said:
“On this trio I have c< vived fro .
ind noteworthy evidence of the as
tonishing offi< i< ncy of Rod Cress op
orations in Fiance and England.
“1 have* been delighted to s o how
rru-h the American Red Cross ha
.. I . .old tuo hearts of these allica ,
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