Sketches From Oldest Ainerica 



the fourth innovation, and "ahkootoo," the fifth. 

 " Ahkootoo " is made from deer marrow, mixed with 

 whale oil, a small amount of soup from boiled deer 

 meat and also some of the meat cut fine. The mass 

 is to be beaten until it becomes quite light. It is an 

 article of food very highly esteemed by the 

 Inupash. 



These remained the only dishes known to the 

 cook for a vast length of time, but 1 take it that 

 much meat and fish were devoured raw. On the 

 first introduction of flour, the people did not care 

 for it, but about 1890 they learned the art of making 

 " nookpowras," flour mixed with a small amount of 

 water, then dropped into boiling seal or whale oil. 

 " Nookpowras" proved quite popular, and flour be- 

 came a demand. 



A few years back instructions were begun among 

 the young people at Tigara in the simple art of 

 cooking. At first the girls viewed it in the line of a 

 novelty, but when they noticed the eligible young 

 men picking out the cooks for their wives, it was 

 astonishing to see what zeal all the marriageable 

 girls suddenly developed. As soon as they had 

 learned to turn a slapjack, or to make a cup of cof- 

 fee, they would, on returning to their homes in the 

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