Northwest History. Alaska. Eskimos.

• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1936
• Subjects: Kotzebue; Alaska; John Backland; Seattle; United States; Lewis B. Schwellenbach; Point Barrow; C. S. Holmes; caribou; reindeer; ducks and fish; the Arctic; the Coast Guard cutter Northland; Barter island district; Northwest; Pacific > History > 20th century; Arctic; Bering Sea; Pacific; The Schooner; Barrow; Barter Island; eskimo*
• Online Access: http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/clipping/id/90965

Backland Hits Famine Report. Backland Hits Famine Report KOTZEBUE, Alaska, Wednesday, Aug. 26.—UP)—Capt. John Backland, Seattle trader, said today he had wirelessed United States Senator Lewis B. Schwellenbach suggesting an investigation of "the starving Eskimo story in the Point Barrow area.&q...