70 NATIVES OF GREENLAND. 



however of the Uskees, Gipsey-like, makes them appear 

 to conform to the manners and reHgion of their masters : 

 yet Httle doubt of their insincerity exists. It must be 

 acknowledged that the conduct of many of the Danes sent 

 thither, as it is said, for their crimes, is not well calculated 

 to reconcile them to European sentiments. They are, if 

 spoiled by such corrupt example, looked upon as untract- 

 able ; and a sensible writer, descanting on their unwilling- 

 ness to become converted, represents them as listening very 

 attentively to Christian exhortation, and when asked if they 

 understood all that had been said to them, their answer was 

 childishly affirmative, when it was evident they did not com- 

 prehend or retain a tittie of the subject. " They are such 

 adepts in disguising or suppressing their passions, that one 

 might take them for stoics in appearance." This short 

 sentence shows very fully their calm and peaceful temper. 

 They never interrupt any person when speaking ; and their 

 reply is sensible and brief, and marked with the most re- 

 spectful deference to the person they address, provided he 

 commands their good opinion. It is when they do not 

 esteem the man, that they are liable to the name of stoics 

 in appearance. 



The Danish convicts and settlers have intermarried with 

 the Uskee women, and a mixed generation is now remark- 

 ably predominant Avhere the government has been fixed. 

 Plate v., fig. 2, is sketched from a youth of sixteen, 



