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 JOHN E. COCHRAN
 FAMILY ASSOCIATION
 Family Only
-Home | Sibling's Stories | 1st Cousins | Ancestor's Stories | Reunion History | Next Reunion | JECMEF
+Home | Sibling's Stories | 1st Cousins [sic] | Ancestor's Stories | Reunion History | Next Reunion | JECMEF
 OMIE WRITES HOME
 Ed. Note: The following letter was written by Omie Cochran in Nome, Alaska and sent to her
 sister, Ethel Shinn, in Canfield, Idaho in 1923. It has been stored away these 63 years in the
@@ -23,9 +23,10 @@ and Polly sit up and listen and that little black
 rascal of yours would fairly sparkle with
 listening. Can't I see him listening now to all the
 yarns we told last summer?
+[photo of people with dogsleds and ice]
 You see, we-Miss Saville and I, took a trip north
 on the Buford and it was very interesting. We
-went north thru the Bering Strait into the Arctic and as far as the Ice Pack. There the captain
+went north thru [sic] the Bering Strait into the Arctic and as far as the Ice Pack. There the captain
 of our craft and some other mighty hunters went out first in kayaks and later in row boats and
 shot seven walrus. When they also took a movie man and camera, so you will likely see all
 this in the movies before I get to tell you. They came back on board and the ship went up
@@ -35,14 +36,14 @@ over 12 feet long, as big around as three cows, had no feet but toenails on thei
 flappers, no head but their body just suddenly ended with a hole for a mouth and big bristles
 
 all around it similar to a currycomb in coarseness; no ears but huge tusks of ivory. They are
-the most repulsive looking animals imaginable and tho I have always read about them I never
+the most repulsive looking animals imaginable and tho [sic] I have always read about them I never
 expect such disagreeable looking creatures. They had a rough brown hairy skin and some of
 them looked warty. They must have weighed two ton at least. Ere we got them back to Nome
 to the natives they were getting extremely odiferous—in fact, you could scarcely stay on the
 ship with any degree of comfort unless you had per chance lost your sense of smell.
-Then we went north to a few minutes beyond the 70th degree of latitude and thot for awhile
-we would go to Wrangell Island where some men from Steffonsons ship were supposed to be
-stranded but we didn't get there and instead stopped at a small native village at Cape Serdz in
+Then we went north to a few minutes beyond the 70th degree of latitude and thot [sic] for awhile
+we would go to Wrangell Island where some men from Steffonsons [sic] ship were supposed to be
+stranded but we didn't get there and instead stopped at a small native village at Cape Serdz [sic] in
 Siberia. These Eskimo were very primitive. One white squaw man lived there and had for 23
 years. He was a Swede--who else could. Their houses were circular and built up with dirt 2 or
 3 feet and then skins were stretched over it and weighted down with rocks. Inside, the room
@@ -56,21 +57,21 @@ We went ashore in 2 life boats and a launch pulling them. On the launch was a si
 playing and the rear of the last life boat was the movie man. 'Twas very thrilling.
 The other place we stopped was at Whalen, a trading post in Siberia. There these 'towerists'
 went wild. They rushed helter-skelter, hither and thither, here and there, trying to find
-something to buy. Prices raised right before your eyes. One would but something for $1.00
+something to buy. Prices raised right before your eyes. One would but [sic] something for $1.00
 and the next might have to pay $2.00, $4.00 or $10.00. That made no difference. They had to
-have it. One man I was sort of taking care of, tho he had his son along for the purpose,
+have it. One man I was sort of taking care of, tho [sic] he had his son along for the purpose,
 bought 2 ivory tusks, 1 pup, 2 moccasins, 3 or 4 billikens, 6 or 8 ivory and silver rings, one
 fishing line, hooks, floats, etc. and two bird slings. The slings have rocks at the end and the
 little natives throw them at the flocks of geese and ducks which fly close over the village and
 the slings entangle their wings and legs, sometimes more than one, and they can't fly. They
-come down and the natives capture them. There was more junk brot aboard than baggage, I
+come down and the natives capture them. There was more junk brot [sic] aboard than baggage, I
 do believe. And they say that at the first stop it was worse than here. The red flag was flying
 over Whalen and the Russian soldiers were there—a few, one or two or three, I forget the
 number.
 We got home yesterday morning at 5 a.m. but missed the first lighter in so had to stay out
 until 2:30. The girls had prepared a big meal for us and invited up the Hartfords and then let
 us talk. Miss Saville talked quite a bit. Any how if you folks don't like this I don't care, it is
-all I had to write about and I know Buster'ud listen anyway and I'd soak ole Peter's head if he
+all I had to write about and I know Buster'ud [sic] listen anyway and I'd soak ole Peter's head if he
 didn't and Polly would in my lap and I don't know much about the youngest one of yours so
 likely he would be squawling. But we did surely enjoy our trip and were gone just long enuf.
 
@@ -88,13 +89,12 @@ am rather afraid he doesn't know much. I quite remember your little timid Mauric
 he shifted his affection from his Aunt Om and yelled and howled and screamed steadily for a
 week while his mother went to S.S. Ask him is he recalls this little interview. Do you suppose
 he does?
-Ever hear from Zen? or Inez? They don't seem to be very writing inclined tho Zen has done
+Ever hear from Zen? or Inez? They don't seem to be very writing inclined tho [sic] Zen has done
 well this year. Even sent me a telegram a few weeks ago. Well, if anything else ever happens,
-I'll write again. Don't suppose it ever will, tho.
+I'll write again. Don't suppose it ever will, tho [sic].
 Lots of love to all,
 Ome
 Reprinted from Cochran Chronicles, Volume 9, Number 1, November 1986
 © JECFA 1986
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