AMERICANIZING KIMMILOO. 



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her adieu on bis visit to the States in 1859. She lifted up a por- 

 tion of the back-bone of a whale which was bleaching near by, and 



TIPE SKETCH — CLARK'S HARBOR. 



said it was of one Kudlago had killed. Her tone, her manner as 

 she spoke, was truly affecting, and I have no doubt she felt deep- 

 ly the loss she had sustained. 



On August 11th, among the Esquimaux arrivals was Kudla- 

 go's idol — a pretty little girl. She looked sad for the loss of her 

 .dear father. But how her eyes sparkled in the afternoon when 

 several things were produced that her father had carefully gath- 

 ered for her ! The account of her first arrival I find in my jour- 

 nal as follows : 



"Kimmiloo has just been Americanized. Captain B 's 



good wife had made and sent to her a pretty red dress — a neck- 

 tie, mittens, belt, etc. 



"Mr. Kogers and I, at a suggestion from me, thought it best to 

 commence the change of nationality with soap and water. The 

 process was slow, that of arriving to the beautiful little girl, 

 whom we at length found, though deeply-imbedded layer after 

 layer in dirt. Then came the task of making her toilet. With 

 a very coarse comb I commenced to disentangle her hair. She had 

 but little that was long, the back part from behind her ears hav- 

 ing been cut short off on account of severe pains in her head. 

 How patiently she submitted to worse than the curry-comb proc- 

 ess I had to use ! This was the first time in her life that a comb 

 had been put to her head. Her hair was filled with moss, seal, 



