Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 February 1913 — PLAN TO SEE WHITE ESKIMOS [ARTICLE]

PLAN TO SEE WHITE ESKIMOS

Rev. W. H. Fry and Party of Natives to Vlqflt Strange Tribe Discovered, by Steffansson. Edmonton, Alberta.—Bishop Stringer of the Yukon diocese, the largest in the dominion, who is returning to his post in the north country, announced that Rev W. H. Fry and 12 natives are on the way to Coronation Gulf, near the mouth of the Copper Mine river, to visit a tribe of white Eskimos discovered by Steffansson, an explorer. It is expected that the party will reach the gulf next October, before the close of navigation. The bishop has no doubt there are other tribes of Eskimos in the far north. He was stationed on Herschell island seven years and has been as far north as 73 degrees latitude on a whaling trip. At times the thermometer registered 69 below. He has also visited many hitherto unknown places in northern Canada, suffering hardships and endangering his life on numerous occasions.