| Summary: | Starvation In Wake Of Wolf Packs. STARVATION IN WAKE OF WOLF PACKS BARROW, Alaska, May 25. (/P) —Hunger spread over the Arctic barrens today behind wolf packs which struck down game by the thousands during the winter and spring. Authorities here said the number of reindeer, caribou and wild sheep killed by the ever-increasing wolf packs could not be positively determined, but that the number was so great it brought threat of famine to part of 300 Eskimos' and a few whites scattered along 400 miles of Arctic ocean shore between Point Barrow and Demarcation point. Charles Brower, "King of the Arctic," who operates a trading post and whaling station here, dispatched a dog team loaded with supplies for the Demarcation point region to relieve the condition. Bureau Sends Relief The bureau of Indian affairs at Juneau ordered relief measures taken after receiving a report from Frank Daugherty, bureau superintendent at Barrow, who returned from a six-weeks dog sled trip to Demarcation point which marks the Alaskan-Canadian boundary. Brower estimated that no less than 4,0 0 reindeer fell prey to wolves in the region during the winter, and Daugherty, too, attributed the food shortage to inroads by the wolves. Dr. Henry W. Greist, surgeon missionary at the Presbyterian mission, told of the Eskimos (ales to him of wolves killing caribou and reindeer and of a scarcity of wild sheep which until lately were plentiful. Ice Cuts Seals Heavy ice during the winter cut off seal fishing in many places, contributing to the suffering of Eskimos who relied on these for fuel and food. Commercial reindeer companies, running herds in the Kotzebue area on the northeastern coast likewise reported to the authorities at Juneau that wolves which have increased rapidly took heavy toll of the reindeer and drove many herds into the Baird and Endicott. mountains which stretch east and west across northern Alaska.
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