Northward over the great ice : a narrative of life and work along the shores and upon the interior ice-cap of northern Greenland in the years 1886 and 1891-1897, with a description of the little tribe of Smith Sound Eskimos, the most northerly human beings in the world, and an account of the discovery and bringing home of the Saviksue or great Cape York meteorites . the strong resemblance of the stonedwelHngs of the Arctic Highlanders to ruins of simi-lar dwellings discovered in Siberia. There are alsoapparent strong physical resemblances. It wouldseem as if this theory were likely to be borne
Northward over the great ice : a narrative of life and work along the shores and upon the interior ice-cap of northern Greenland in the years 1886 and 1891-1897, with a description of the little tribe of Smith Sound Eskimos, the most northerly human beings in the world, and an account of the discovery and bringing home of the Saviksue or great Cape York meteorites . the strong resemblance of the stonedwelHngs of the Arctic Highlanders to ruins of simi-lar dwellings discovered in Siberia. There are alsoapparent strong physical resemblances. It wouldseem as if this theory were likely to be borne out bythe additional facts ob-tained by me. The fa-cial characteristics ofmany individuals in thetribe are noticeably Asi-atic. The obliquely seteyes are a common oc-currence. The naturalaptness for imitationshown by many is alsostrikingly suggestive ofa Chinese and Japanesetrait. An interesting inci-dent bearing upon thiscame up in connectionwith the brinoringr of ayoung girl of this tribeto the United Statesby Mrs. Peary in first and only thingthat elicited expressionsof vivid surprise and as-tonishment from thisgirl was the sight of aChinaman upon thestreet, to whom she im-mediately ran and at-tempted to enter into conversation. Later, while pass-ing along the streets of Washington, she was seen byseveral members of the Chinese Legation, who im-. MISS BILL. EsTcimo Girl Brought Home by in 1894. 488 Northward over the Great Ice mediately surrounded her and began talking to herin the Chinese language, evidently mistaking her forone of their own countrywomen. On the other hand, it has been impossible to obtainany satisfactory information from these people as to the direction from whichthey originally have a general ideaof land far to the are aware that theland is inhabited by themusk-ox, and there aremisty traditions of theexistence, somewhere inthat region, of a race muchlarorer than the only migrationswhich can be fixed
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