.^10 TIIK roiXT HARROW ESKIMO. 



I ivuivt iiuK-li tlial we (lid not save, and bring home any of the pencil 

 (lra\viui;s niadi' by tlicsf ])co])le. Tlie children especially were anxious 

 I.I <>et leatl pencils, and made themselves rather a nuisance by covering 

 Ilu^painted walls of the observatory with scrawls of ships and various 

 (ithi^r (.bjects, perhajis rather more accurately done than they would 

 have been by white <'hildreu of the same age. The style of the figures 

 on t iic lumtiiig scores already described, however, is very like that of the 

 pencil dra\vinj;s.' 



DOMESTIC LIPK. 



l/„, ■,■;,„;,.._ As far as we could learn, the marriage relati.m was en- 

 Icivil iipiiii generally from reasons of interest or convenience, with very 

 lit tic rcuard Ibi' affection, as we understand it, though there often ap- 

 peared U> be a warm attachment between married people. A man de- 

 sires lo obtain a wife who will perform her household duties well and 

 faithlhllv, and will be at the same time an agreeable companion, while 

 he often plans to marry into a rich or influential family. The woman, 

 on the other hand, appears to desire a husband who is industrious and 

 a u(M>d hunter. Tliere were, nevertheless, some indications that real 

 lo\ e matches sometimes took place. Marriages are usually arranged by 

 the parents of the contracting parties, sometimes when the principals 

 are mere children. We knew of one case when a young man of about 

 twenty-two ollered himself as the prospective husband of a girl of eight 

 or ten, when she should reach a marriageable age. This practice of 

 eliild betrothal seems to be practically universal among the Eskimo 

 excrywhere.' 



Dr. Simjison, in describing the marriage customs at Point Barrow, 

 says: 



'I'lii- usual rasp is. tliat as scion as tho yomi;; man desires a jiartuer aud is aide to 

 siiiipoit one, his niollni MJrils a niil aciiiidin;; to lierjudgmeut or fancy, and invites 

 lier to tlie hut, wlinr slir liisl tak.-s tlic> ]iart of ,a "kivgak" or servant, having all 

 the eriokini; and otln r l,i(iliiii duties h, |ierf'orm during the d.ay, and returns to her 

 honir al iii-lif. ir Ih r c.nduif junvcs satisCartury, she is further invited to lioc-onie 

 a UHiul.er..ril.e laiiiil\.- 



We only knew tiiis to lie done on on.' ...•.■asion: and on the contrary 

 Un.'u .if si'\.'ial .-as.'S where tli.' bii.l..,-i'oom be.'ame a. m.-mber <if the 

 uil.'-s family. 



One youth, who hail had his lips pierced for the labrets, just previ- 

 ously to our arrival, was, we soon learned, betrothed to a young girl 

 at Nuwiik. This girl fre.|ueutly (;arae down from Nuwtlk and visited 

 her lover's family, .staying several days at a time, but we could not 



I I ■oiiipure tlhsi. witli Nnr.l.-iiskiolcl'fl tij;nr.!3 of ■■Cliakch" drawinga, Vega, vol. 2. pp. 132, 133. The 



'C.iiiuKiv,' Cniatz, vol. 1, p. l;,:\ (.liTiiilaiiil) ; Kumlien, Contributions, p. 164 (Cumberland Gulf) ; Hall, 

 Arclii- Ki-,si-iircla-». p. 507 (ISmIIul Lauil): Tarry, 2ii(l Voyage, p. 528 (Fury and Hecla Straits) ; Seliwatka, 

 S,i,.nr,-. vol. 4, No. 98, p. .-,44 (Kiiu; Williaia's Land); Gilder, Schwatka'.i So.ircli, p, 250 (Hud.^on's 

 r'.^iy) ; KranUlin. First Kx|i.. vol. 2, p. 41 (Clii-strrtii-lil hili't) ; Hooper, Tents, etc., p. 209 (Plover l!ay) ; 



