APPENDIX I 
Notes on the Esquimos 
npHE origin of the Esquimos is not known 
-*■ to a certainty. In color they are brown, 
their hair is heavy, straight, coarse, and black. 
In appearance they are short, fat, and well- 
developed ; and they bear a strong resemblance 
to the Mongolian race. 
Among the men of this tribe, quarrels and 
fights very rarely occur ; but it is a very notice- 
able fact that while the men of the tribe do 
not make war on each other, the man of the 
family will, at the least provocation on the 
part of his better-half, without hesitation ap- 
ply brute force to show his authority. 
The tribe of these, the North Greenland 
Esquimos, numbers two hundred and eighteen. 
Great interest was shown by the men when 
working implements, such as we used on board 
ship, were shown them. Eagerly they lis- 
tened while the uses of many of these tools 
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