SUPERSTITIONS OF THE ESKIMO 



occupy exclusively separate quarters. If this occurs in the 

 summer she will live in a tent, but if in the winter she will 

 have to move from the family iglu, in which the tempera- 

 ture is about 45 degrees Fahr., to a snow house, where 

 the temperature will necessarily be at about the freezing 

 point of fresh water, and her furniture will consist only of 

 caribou skins, a cup to heat water in, and a stone lamp. 

 She will receive frequent visits from her attendant and 



CHILDREN OF THE WHITE WORLD 



others who kindly administer to her wants, but for a time 

 no one is allowed to enter her snow palace. This custom 

 obtained with their hardy ancestors and must, therefore, be 

 sacredly observed to-day. 



Aside, from the vices which these Eskimo have acquired 

 from civilized people, and the evils which result from some 

 of their manifold superstitions, they need no missionary or 

 reformer. Nothing is ascribed by them to the pleasure 

 or displeasure of an infinitely good being, but they attribute 



