Congressional Edition Volume 4931

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1906 edition. Excerpt: ...the skin for clothing? Mr. Lopp. Yes. sir. There is great need for clothing. The natives need the skin for clothing more than the flesh for food. The Secretary. How about transportation? Mr. Lopp. The natives could get along without that; they have their dogs. The Secretary. I read the story that somebody out there has the contract for the mails, supposed to be transported by deer, and that no deer are used at all, but that the man having the contract has sublet it, and it is done entirely by dogs. Is that true? Mr. Lopp. That is true. I suppose you refer to the Point Barrow and Kotzebue mail route. The Secretary. How long is that? Mr. Lopp. It must he (Sit miles. The Secretary. How often is he required to go? Mr. Lopp. Two round trip? a year. The Secretary. What do they get? Mr. Lopp. One thousand five hundred dollars for two trips. The Secretary. What do they actually pay the man who does the work? Mr. Lopp. I think he said that they paid at least one-third. The natives report that he got 20 sacks of flour for each round trip. That would be 40 sacks, or 80 sacks for the two round trips for the two natives. Besides that, he fed them; and I am not sure whether they furnished the dog team or not. Eighty sacks of flour would be $150 or $200. The Secretary. And the other fellow was sitting back getting $1,500 for doing the job. That is about it, isn't it? Mr. Lopp. It looks that way. They get freight for $25 a ton. The Secretary. We have heard also that there is some woman up there who has somewhere between three and four thousand deer. Is that true? Mr. Lopp. I never heard of it. Mr. Acker. She is the widow of Charlie Antisarlock, a native apprentice. She has quite a number; I think somewhere about 1,500 or 1,600. Mr. Lopp. She is not...