i'(K)i) Sir/'/.)' or I'lii-: smith soi xd Eskimos k;.-} 



these eji<;s v:l\\\ siuiiel iliies lioil llieiii. lereiil |i;irl~ nl' ;i >c;il ; \r|-\ little is 



;inil Jllsn lti'e;il\ llieill into tlie illle>tiM;ll Wilsleil. 'I'lic >kiii is ux'il ellietlv I'ur 



-llcillll (if ,1 >e;ll. lllll> liiilkilli;' i"j:'^ s;ni- eliilhiiiu illlil I'm-lellts; the I'ilt for fuel; 



sillies r<>i- the winter mimths. The ehil- iiml :ill the remaiixler of the Ixxly Tor 



ilrell silcU the frozen ei^ii' ;is ;l cllihl ;tt loinl. even llie intestines ;in<l cves. 



hnnie .-nek- e.indy. \v,iv\\ in the -|M•in^^ ilhmii tlle e(l<r(; 



The st;i|»le I'iuhI nf | he hl-kinin. how- 111' ihe ice nijiny n:ir\vh;il-. the r;ihh'(l 



e\t'r. is the .-e;il, which hci;in> to -un nniciirn-. ;ire -een. I'l\l i-eiiic|\ \\;ir\. 



itsel r on the snrfiiee 1)1' the ice iiliont tlie thev iire M|)|)ro;ichcil .hhI cjini^ht onlv 



lirst of M;iv. 'I'he hnnter hides liis up- hy the nio>t skillful in llic trihe. 'I'his 



]M-o;ieli hy nie;in> of ;i white clot h hoiniij Iwenty-fool ;!nini;il i- ImliIiK |irize(| hv 



to a snnill sledge, throni^h a hole of ihe women, lor from it- hack is oh- 



wliieli a rille is pnintetl — a camonilap'. lained ihe \cr\ he.-t -incw for ilire;iil. 



I'nshiiiir the sci-een in fnmt of him. ihc The -niooih mutilcd >kiii. c-|icciallv 



l">kinio creeps stealtliily to wilhiii when fro/.en. i> con-idcrcd a dclicacv, 



thirty yanls of the seal, takes carefnl and tastes \rv\ much like ehe.-l mil-. A 



aim. and nsnally wonnds tlu' seal — al- s(piare foot is none too mnch for a 



thtni^h a larijfe luimher sncceed in wriu- moilerale catei-. The meat itself is 



ixWu'j: into their holes to die henealh the dark. h|ood\. and oil\ : frozen hard and 



iee. conse(|nentl\' vei'y tender, it is (k'licionis 



Mr. Hoover w'onld he deliiihied in at the close of a loni;- colil drive — al- 



seeini;' how an I'lskimo ntilizes the dif- most aii\thinii" is. 



Til" .Vrctic lioiiic of the CrockiT I>iinil Kxpcditioii. its it .ipiicarcd during tin' short .\rctic siimniiT. 

 Wi'U lifiitfd during the long \vint«'r, lighted by flcctricity, and liiiving tclfphone comtnuiiiriition with the 

 .s\irrounding Kskimos in tlicir igloos beneath the snow, this house provided quarters more comfortable 

 and convenient than many a .\ew York apartment during the late eold snap 



