('iiiLi)-i.iFi-: AMoxa 77//'; smith ^iorxn I'JSkimos 



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w <Miicii > t ninks. 



rc(Hlil'ci| lVr(|ll('llI 



I'lic hare >ii:ii'('S. too. 



al lent ioi), and (il'tci) 

 im iiiv walks diil 1 niccl ilic iwn |iickiiii: 

 llicir \\a\ Imiiicw ai'il n\cr the I'oiiiili 

 Ii'ail. .Mc-L;is-s"()o >la,i:;i:('rin,u almii;' un- 



ilc|- llcl' I'llITV lnif(lcll. 



Cai'iiii:- t'T the skins and makiiiii 

 tliciii uii into rl(ithiii,ii" fall to tlie lot of 

 llic wniiicii. All seal and liii'd skills 

 iiiu>l lie <lic\\('d t<i rciiHUi' |>ai-t al l('a>l 

 of tlicii' inliri'i'iit I'at and ti» soften the 

 liliri'. a- ilii' I']skinio have nn wav of 

 (annin.u hides. Me-gis-s"oo began on lit- 

 tli' ank >kins destined for shirts. Chew- 

 ing skins takes tlie place of embroiderv 

 and otliei- fancy work with the female 

 |io]iulat ion, and oeenpies spare moments 

 from eai'lx girlhood to old womanhood. 

 Soniel iine> Me-gis-s"oo. A li-nee-na li. and 

 Ali-nah-dw ah. Ali-nee-nah"s mother, 

 won Id sit in a row on one of our 

 l)enches. each chewing vigorously on a 

 skin of si:)nie s(U't. In ap])earance, it 

 was not hotter than a chewing gum con- 

 te>t in the N'ew York Subway, but it 

 had the nii'rit of producing valnable 

 results. 



Althougli the P^skimo garments have 

 no surface ornamentation, skins of dif- 

 ferent colors are cut into certain con- 

 ventional ]iatterns and sewed together 

 to i»rodiice ju-etty effects of design. A 

 womaiTs htih-jic-ldh . or hooded coat of 

 fox skins, nuist show one combination 

 of bine and white, while the man's l-ah- 

 pe-tali mu.st show another. The same 

 is true of the net'l or hooded coat made 

 from the skin of the poo-ee-zhec. The 

 kam-iJi-. or sealskin boot, is likewise of 

 different pattern for the man and the 

 woman. All the garments are cut out 

 with the ()ii-h>o and sewed with sinew 

 of narwhal or eai'ihon. and a girl must 

 learn to do all this work well before she 

 become> desiraljle as a wife. And girl- 

 liood does not last long, for a girl is 

 usually only from thirteen to sixteen 

 years old when she takes over the cares 

 of an indi'])endent lionsehold. 



The boy's education is more exten- 

 sive and varied than the uiirs. It riin> 



Ke-nali loo bringing home a whito and a blue 

 fox, obtained from her trap.s. She is wearing a 

 sealskin coat, foxskin trunks, and sealskin boots 



mostlv to hunting game and the mak- 

 ing of a|)])aratiis and iin])leinents con- 

 nected therewith. 1 hav(> s])oken of his 

 earlv ell'orts at dog driving, lie also 

 must learn how to cut out and sew to- 

 gether the harness for his dogs, which 

 preferably is made of polar hear skin, 

 although sealskin is often used for the 

 |nirpi)>e. lie must he able to make his 

 own Ird/i-iiifiii-l il,' (sleilge) but this ha- 



