Eskimo Cowboys 'Ride Herd’ on Alaska Reindeer
BARROW, Alaska, Nov. 12.—Cowboys of the tundra—fur-clad Eskimos —rode iherd to-day over thousands of reindeer in the great, annual roundup on Point .Barrow's frozen plains. It marked the major fall gathering of the arctic coast natives, one group coming by dog-team from Barrow Island, 500 miles to the east, whe'e famine threatened last summer. Three thousand of the estimated 30,000 reindeer were driven to a. new corral 50 miles inland for marking and counting. With the mercury well below zero. Eskimo herdsmen drove, the deer from the lonely ranges where they fattened on lichen during the summer. Arriving herders were greeted by friends they had not seen since last season. The roundup was a family gathering. Wives and children pitched tents near the corral. Almost the entire Eskimo population deserted the little settlement of Barrow.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 306, 28 December 1936, Page 10
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