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SCIIOOI, I'rUTlIl'ST WKST*
An is’ *nl ofvoh . tin origin, made
up of 1.K .tk hi! ' tml fi< /ami > >»• m » -
she*; a short >umnv . tin* tempera
ture ;ivciaging '**• th; :i forty de
grees when the tundra grass ami
li* ln'in grow. and quickie maturing
wild flower^ 1 ut most of the venr a.
waste of snow uni ice s-t in n i> y
sea, whose currents carry the ue
Hot* down and hack them in great
hummocks 2 ' or v» feet high along
the shore, until the currents them
selves are frozen, emphasizing this
desolation an h.skinio -etilement of
too souls, and in the midst, like a
piotecting angel (which in truth it
is». a school house floating the Stars
and Stripes.
Less than tc*n decrees west is the
iSnth parallel, where ea-t begins
again; and it has alwa.'" ljee:i know!
as "The school house blither we1
until ieecut.-. .. - ho. >i h. - ' e. n *
tahiidi»*d at \tk .. cn «■• •• "f the
Aleutian i*i..; d.- tVi: ee deg*, ees u::.1
fart he i west.
'I he nearest land is Indian Point,
Siberia, 40 miles away. Sim.- no
body knows when, the natives traded
ivory, walrus skins, and skin canoes
to the Indian Point natives for rein
deer skins and bear skins. They
were often compelled to trade against
their will, and many battles were
fought, sometimes almost to the ex
termination of the St. Lawrence peo
ple.
I aide:. Mi rer.
The long winter \< nearly over,
and a lit *.• pictruati - have been
begun a* the Caniery :«»r the coming
sea$»n. This industry is of very
material [benefit to Kodiak and vi
oini' v