. Northward over the "great ice" [microform] : 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. Scientific expeditions; Expéditions scientifiques. 5o6 Northward over the "Great Ice" the choruses of these the entire assembled company join. In several ways tliese Eskimos are uniq
. Northward over the "great ice" [microform] : 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. Scientific expeditions; Expéditions scientifiques. 5o6 Northward over the "Great Ice" the choruses of these the entire assembled company join. In several ways tliese Eskimos are unique amon;^ aborii^dnal trii)es, and their idiosyncrasies in these matters compel my admiration and respect. They have no unnatural or depraved appetites or habits ; no stimulants or intoxicants ; no narcotics ; no slow poisoniuL^. Nor tlo they in any way muti- late or disfiL^nire the form the Cn^ator L,rave them, or modify or pervert tlie natural functions. Neither have they any medicines. Their diseases are princi- pally rheumatism and lun^- and rl:)ronchial troubles. The causes of death amou!:^'- the men come ^H^ largely under the terse W'estt-rn JH^^I expression, " with their boots on. A ka}'ak capsizes, and the oc- cupant is hurled into the icy water ; a hunter harpoons a wal- rus or bearded seal from the ice, a bit'ht of the line catches round arm or leg", and the big" brute drags him under to his death ; an iceberg cap- sizes as he is passing it; a rock or snow-slide from the steep shore cliffs crushes him ; or a bear tears him mortally with a stroke of his paw ; and so on. Occa- sionally, in the past, starvation has wiped out an en- tire village. On the death of a man or woman, the body, fully dressed, is laid straight upon its back on a skin or two, and some extra articles of clothing placed upon it. It is then covered with another skin, and the whole covered in with a low stone structure, to pro- tect the body from dogs, foxes, and ravens. A lamp with so
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