i-oon sri'i'i.) or riii: smitii soi .\n i:sk/M()> i;.-) 



luiii:- iiiooiilil periods in llicir iirw liliic >iicff»riil |>iil;ir licir ImiiltT is hii^lilv 



I'o.x coiits. Tilt' iiifii t;ilk of loiii; ditli- i-('s|»('fli'i| 1)\ ,ill in llic trihe. 



elllt sIiot>. of i-;i\\ triidcrlnin. ;inil 'I'lirrc i- nnr ollirr (li>li wliifli llic 



frozen hniins, l-l-kinm i- \i'i\ |ii-oiiil lo olVcr to liis 



I'nhir litMf liiinlini: iniL;liI well lie rrit'n(l>. on.' Mrrli,i|i.- ilir most lii^dily 



called tile ii-itioiial >|>ort of the Mskiino. prized of all. j-'ollou ini;- my arrival at 



l-'atlier and niotlier and eliild are lilleil a winter imnie >e\eral miles helow ('ape 



with stories and t raditions of ■■.\'(n/(*(*/,'- ^'ork. the Im.-l immediately harnesseil 



siiiili .'" ( hii^- iiear ). K inir of the White lii> doi;- anl dashed olV in the ilark- 



N'ortli. lie has oiilv two eneiiiie>. till' ne>s. retiirnini: an hour later wit h uliat 



l"]skimo and his doi:'. See the picture! resemhled the Kudv id' a seal. I poii 



A vellowish white hod\ moiinled on a closer examinalion. it proved to he I he 



>now-white peilotal. siirroiindeih a> I -iiilTcd skin of a larL;e rini:ed seal, 



often saw him. hy ninety doi^s 1 .\\\i\ lma,L:ine m\ siiipri-e upon seeini;- the 



not a doo- with eonrap' to i^n wiihin l'",-kiino ciii a slit in the -ide. mil up 



n'aeh of those powerful cla\\> and 'j:\\>- his sleeve, and plunp' in hi- ai'm to the 



teniiii:' white teetli. elhow. .\> he withdrew it. cliilchiiiL; in 



Hear llesh cooked is oilv and loiii:li : his hand >e\ci-;il ()l)icci> uf (piest ionahle 



frozen and raw. it is delicious. What food \aliic. I decided that in the dark 



is ohtained is jtut in cache, and cai'e- he had lii-oii;^lii in the w i-oiil;' hai:'. oi' 



fiillv preserved foi- the foi't hcomiiii:' w a> iioiml;' lo fecil i lie dni:-. I'liii i f you 



visits of rehitives and friends. It is the t-oiild onl\ ha\e la>tcd iIiom' hlack 



lies! which the host can oll'er. a hadge strips of meat! My introduction to 



of honor and a mark of pi-owess. Tlie di-ied carihuu toni;ue some years hefore 



Tlic wiilnis wcinlis froin oiif In lliiif iIioii^mimI |m>\iiii|v. iiiiil lis i-npl lire is not oftiTi effected b.v 

 .•in Kskimo iiniiiiled. Iiecaiise of its (if^liting qiialitit-s iis well as on ureount of its liuge bulk. The flesh 

 is prized by the funiily iind is also tlie liest fooil for the dogs 



