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smoke and grease. The men have long hair, also, 

 and a thin, scattering beard over the face, which 

 they never shave or trim, because they have no 

 razor or shears. 



We had no church or court house, no school or 

 factory, no doctor, lawyer or merchant, no money, 

 jewelry or timepiece, not an axe, spade or hammer, 

 no knife, fork or spoon, no bread, no cloth, no wood! 

 I never saw as much wood in my country as would 

 make one little match. For a needle we use the 

 tooth of a fish; for thread the sinews of a reindeer. 



Rich people were those who had a flint. Poor 

 people had to go and borrow it when they wanted 

 to light a fire. Common folks would sit down flat 

 on the fur carpet, but "tony" people would get blocks 

 of ice or snow and put in the snow-house and cover 

 them with fur for seats. But it was only the most 

 tonicst people who did that kind of a trick. 



My people believe in good and bad spirits. They 

 think there is a big Good Spirit and several small 

 ones, and one big bad spirit and several small ones. 

 They think if they tell a lie or do anything wrong, 

 the bad spirit will come and hurt them some way. 

 If a baby gets sick the mother does not do anything 

 for it. She thinks a bad spirit has hold of her child, 

 and will get her too if she helps it in any way. If 

 baby dies she lays it away in the cold snow and 

 leaves it without a tear. When a man is sick they 

 carry him into a separate snow-house, and all they 

 do to help him is to throw in a piece of poor meat 



