but, that night at “Sinrock Mary’s” 
deserves a chapter all to itself, so many 
interesting things occurred—and I can¬ 
not even begin it here. Also, I would 
like to tell you how we were initiated 
into the mysteries of the sleeping-bag 
—with the “Super” as master of cere¬ 
monies—but I will say at the risk of 
losing my reputation for truth and 
veracity, that, the ordeal once over, we 
slept soundly and well “to a man,” and 
awoke refreshed and ready for the hot 
breakfast that was waiting for us in 
“Queen Mary’s” warm kitchen. And 
once more we fared forth. 
We experienced the joys of camping- 
out in a mild blizzard the next night. 
On the evening of the third day, we 
reached Unalakleet—a native village, 
primarily, but now containing a fair 
sprinkling of Whites, including a set¬ 
tlement of Laplanders. While here, we 
were entertained by Mr. and Mrs. 
Van Ness—in charge of the Govern¬ 
ment school—Southerners, with all 
that the name implies in the way of 
gracious hospitality. Here, the center 
of attraction, the name on every 
tongue, was “Scotty Allen” of Nome, 
famous as “King of the Arctic Trail,” 
and his equally famous 11-dog-team 
who stopped over the night en route 
to Juneau. 
Half the population of the village, 
it seemed, were preparing to attend 
the Reindeer Fair; and it was here I 
lost Maska as special escort, although 
he traveled with us before in the ca¬ 
pacity of “commissary sergeant” and 
“chef” for our party. The Laplander 
delegates, who are especially proud of 
their reindeer, sled-deer, particularly, 
offered us special convoy for the re¬ 
mainder of the journey. They drove 
double mostly, and in that way one sled 
and driver managed a pack and two 
passengers. A string of fur-clad Es¬ 
kimos, swinging rhythmically across the 
tundra with their reindeer, is far from 
being a prosaic or unpicturesque sight; 
but the spectacular sensation of the 
trip was occasioned by the Lapps ap¬ 
pearing on the scene amid a musical 
jingle of bells and flashes of bright 
color; for their deer were in gala at¬ 
tire, arrayed as “lilies of the field” in 
elaborately decorated harness, head 
and bell-bands, while the quaint, old- 
world costumes of the drivers com¬ 
pleted a picture quaintly rare. Their 
deer—every inch aristocrats—elicited 
our enthusiastic praise and admiration, 
the snow-white deer of the “Super’s” 
team being the special objects of in¬ 
terest, all of which was received with 
pleased and smiling appreciation by 
their proud owners. 
We camped that night in a fragrant 
spruce-grown ravine where the snows 
of many weeks had packed to a depth 
of several feet. Its crusted surface 
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