Ikey Bolt (centre, in suit) took over his father-in-law?s (Christian Klengenberg, a Danish trader) trading post at Rymer Point and operated until its closure in 1937. Albert Palvik (second from right) and other hunter/trappers preferred to trade with Bolt.
Richard S. Finnie, National Archives of Canada.
Ikey Bolt (Eikie, Angatilsiak Anutisiak)
In October 1913 Ikey Bolt, from (Tigerah) Point Hope, Alaska, was hired at Barrow, Territory of Northern Alaska:
"we had picked up a good travelling companion name Angutitsiak, a Point Hope native whom we found in Barrow. He served the expedition well for three years, first with me on this trip (Barrow to Collinson Point) and later with Dr. Anderson in Coronation Gulf"
(Stefansson 1913).
When O'Neil and Cox headed east in March 1916 to continue their survey of the copper-bearing rocks in the Bathurst Inlet area, they took Ikey Bolt and a Coronation Gulf family (Kohoktok and wife) as assistants. Ikey had then been with the Expedition for over two years.
"Ikey Bolt (Angatitsiak) changed his mind about going back to Point Hope, Alaska, with us. He asked to be paid off here so that he can go east again with Klenenberg. Paid him off in stores except for $118.00 for which I gave him two drafts on the Dept. of the Naval Service. No. 175, July 26th for $50.00 No. 176- July 26th for $68.00"
(R.M.Anderson Diary, July 26, 1916, Cape Bathurst/Baillie Islands).
"Eikie is going to marry Patsy's sister, if he turns out well: the Klengeberg family, including Eikie, are going to the Coppermine River this summer to trade and trap"
(Jenness 1991).
As you see in this paragraph misspelled Klengenberg by Jenness or Cilivization.ca (Canada)and misspelled Ikey's name.
Ikey married Etna (Edna) Klengenberg in 1916 and together they ran a trading post on Rymer Point, Victoria Island, Canada, North West Territory. Etna carried out a crusade against the practice of infanticide among the Copper Inuit, and even traveled to Ottawa to further her crusade. In the mid-1930s the couple moved to near Minto Bay on Victoria Island; another move in the 1940s found them settled at Coppermine. Ikey was the caretaker and interpreter for the first government school established there.
In 1953 he was awarded the Coronation Medal in recognition of his services, and he died in Coppermine in 1981. Etna also died in 1981. Walter Bolt and his son Frank of Kugluktuk remember Ikey as a great traveller.
Ikey (Anutisiak) Bolt married Etna (Edna) Klengenberg soon after they met in 1916.
For many years after 1920 they operated a trading post at Rymer Point on Victoria Island, Canada northeast of Bernard Harbour, Canada, where Etna?s skill as a seamstress soon revolutionized the costume designs in the Coronation Gulf region.
She also carried out a strong crusade against the practice of infanticide among the Copper Eskimos, especially with regard to girl babies, and even traveled to Ottawa, Canada to confer with government officials on the matter.
In the mid-1930s Ikey and Etna moved to the west side of Victoria Island, Canada near Minto Inlet, Canada. By the late 1940s they moved to Coppermine, Canada where Ikey became caretaker and interpreter for the first government school established there.
In 1953 he was awarded the Coronation Medal in recognition of his services. He died at Coppermine, Canada in 1981 and in 1987 his wife followed him in death. Both are buried in the Anglican Cemetery at the mouth of the Coppermine River, Canada.
Dimond Jenness author of Arctic Odyssey 1913-1916
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