Northwest History. Alaska. Famine.

• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1936
• Subjects: Eskimos; famine; Fairbanks; Alaska; Dr. Henry W. Greist; medical missionary; Point Barrow; Seattle; Captain John Backland; trading schooner; C. S. Holmes; Barter island; the Indian bureau motorship; North Star; Kavalina; wild game; Northwest; Pacific > History > 20th century; Arctic; Indian; Pacific; Barrow; Barter Island; eskimo*
• Online Access: http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/clipping/id/91178

Eskimos Munch Boats And Boots: Missionary Insists Famine Prevails Despite Sailor's Denial Of Story. ESKIMOS MUNCH BOATS AND BOOTS Missionary Insists Famine Prevails Despite Sailor's Denial of Story. FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Sept. 20. (/P)—Dr. Henry W. Greist, medical missionary from Barrow, took...