Northwest History. Alaska. Eskimos.

• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1936
• Subjects: Eskimos; Washington; Juneau; Alaska; Bureau of Indian Affairs official; Arctic regions; starving; Nome; Barrow; Arctic rim; Charles W. Bawkesworth; Bureau of Indian Affairs; the steamer Derblay; Seattle; Henry W. Griest; Presbyterian medical missionary; sled dogs; Northwest; Pacific > History > 20th century; Arctic; Indian; North Star; Pacific; eskimo*
• Online Access: http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/clipping/id/90966

Eskimos Are Starving: Washington Rushing Ships And Supplies To Halt Eating Of Dogs. ESKIMOS ARE STARVING Washington Rushing Ships And Supplies Halt Eating Of Dogs. JUNEAU, Alaska, Aug. 10 (/P) -- A Coast Guard cutter and a Bureau of Indian Affairs official sped for Arctic regions today to investigate reports of starving Eskimos, some Of whom were eating their sled dogs. The cutter Northland was three days out of Nome for Barrow on an emergency cruise ordered by Washington to aid in the crisis along the Arctic rim. Charles W. Bawkesworth, assistant director of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, was aboard the motorShip North Star for Nome, where he will meet the steamer Derblay from Seattle, loaded with 100 tons Of flour and canned goods for Eskimos. At Nome the supplies will be transferred from the Derblay to the North Star for the North. Reports that the Eskimos were eating their dogs came from Dr. Henry W. Griest, Presbyterian medical missionary of Barrow. One native family, he reported, killed and ate their sled dogs "skin and all" one by one.