Northwest History. Alaska. Eskimos.

• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1936
• Subjects: Eskimo; Alaska; Point Barrow; frozen tallow; wolf; whalebone; death; lure; Northwest; Pacific > History > 20th century; Alaska Point; Arctic; Pacific; Barrow; Barter Island; eskimo*
• Online Access: http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/clipping/id/90969

Eskimos' Lure Fatal To Wolf. ESKIMOS' LURE FATAL TO WOLF By Associated Press. BARROW, Alaska, Dec. 5.— Wolves, in the arctic night, plagued six Eskimos driving a herd of 3000 reindeer today toward Barter island, 500 miles east of Point Barrow, where famine threatened last summer. The wolves frequently stampeded the herd and the Eskimos revenged themselves with a cruel device employed by the natives farther back than any one can remember. Chunks of frozen tallow were left along the way for the wolf packs to snap up. Inside each bait, the Eskimos had bent a six-inch piece of whalebone, sharpened to needle points on both ends. When the tallow melted, the whalebone sprung and drove into the wolves stomachs. Slow death was the fate of the wolf which gulped the lure.