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people we haven t among us. What madmen to kill one who could bring 

 the dead to life! Why did he not kill these bad people, and come over 

 to us, we should have better appreciated him.&quot; (20: 20.) 



An experience of some Eskimo in Copenhagen also shows 

 their view of the justice of human affairs : 



Nearly the w r hole city came to look at these strange people. When 

 they saw the porter taking money to let people in, they thought it was 

 they who should have the money who were being looked at. They ought 

 also, they said, to have something for so often hearing that they were not 

 handsome. In Denmark there must be a different custom than in their 

 country. There the small girls call through the windows to the others, 

 &quot;You are pretty,&quot; and the answer from within is, &quot;Come in.&quot; Then 

 the girls outside give a present. But here it is always, You are ugly, 

 and to get in to see us, they give the porter money, which we ought to 

 have for our ugliness, since it is so strange among you to see ugly people. 

 (20: 39.) 



The following incident shows their fine sense of sympathy : 



Several of the Eskimo Cartwright brought to England died on the 

 voyage, much to his sorrow as well as that of their relatives and friends 

 in Labrador. But the latter, so he tells us, ( no sooner observed my 

 emotion, than, mistaking it for the apprehension which I was under for 

 fear of their resentment, they instantly seemed to forget their own feel 

 ings, to relieve those of mine. They pressed round me, clasped my hands, 

 and said and did all in their power to convince me that they did not 

 entertain any suspicion of my conduct toward their departed friends. 

 (12: 139.) 



Their fellow-feeling even with the brute creation is shown in 

 their words at seeing a man on horseback. They expressed 

 &quot;great compassion for the poor beast, whose unfortunate lot 

 it was to carry so great a weight at such a rate. &quot; ( 12 : 128. ) 



11. HOMICIDE AND WAR 



From the peaceable nature of the Eskimo, we would expect to 

 find homicide of infrequent occurrence, and the evidence bears 

 out this supposition. Nansen says, Murder is very rare. They 

 hold it atrocious to kill a fellow-creature.&quot; (43: 162.) Important 

 is the testimony of Hans Hendrik, the Christian Eskimo from 

 the Moravian mission, who found to his surprise and relief, 

 when among non-Christian tribes, that &quot;notwithstanding their 

 being unbaptized, they abhor manslaughter.&quot; (27:42.) 



A dissenting opinion is expressed by Holm ; of the East Green- 

 landers he says that &quot;murder is frequent when one takes into 



