Northwest History. Alaska. Eskimos.
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 wolve...
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ftwashstatelib:oai:content.libraries.wsu.edu:clipping/90969 2023-05-15T15:03:21+02:00 Northwest History. Alaska. Eskimos. Spokesman Review 1936-12-05 Eskimos' Lure Fatal To Wolf. 1936-12-05 http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/clipping/id/90969 English eng nwh-sh-8-7-81 http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/clipping/id/90969 http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0 Copyright not evaluated. Contact original newspaper publisher for copyright information. Northwest History. Alaska. Box 8 Eskimo Alaska Point Barrow frozen tallow wolf whalebone death lure Northwest Pacific -- History -- 20th century Text Clippings 1936 ftwashstatelib 2021-07-26T19:18:23Z 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. Text Arctic Barrow Barter Island eskimo* Point Barrow Alaska Washington State University: WSU Libraries Digital Collections Alaska Point ENVELOPE(-114.770,-114.770,68.784,68.784) Arctic Pacific |
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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. |
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