EIGHT-YEAR-OLD ME-GIS-S'OO WHO LIVES IN THE FAR NORTH 



Eskimo children differ from one another just as do white children. Some are very much prettier 



than others, and there are always some more unselfish than others. The family, among the 



Smith Sound Eskimo, is never large, but there may be four or even five children. They 



grow up in close companionship with their parents ; the girl's great ambition is to 



be like her mother, the boy's to be a great hunter like his father. Me-giss'oo 



was a favorite at the headquarters of the Crocker Land Expedition at 



Etah (1913-17). She was very clever at making intricate "cat's 



cradle" figures which she taught to some of the scientists 



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