. Children of the Arctic. nd said, Me verv glad seeYOU. You plenty big now. All vou look plenty hope you hnd Peary all same well. Me go myhouse catch you kamiks. You pickaninny feet keepplenty warm in good kamiks. No cold, you wait,me see. Mother teases me by saying that he said, You plentybad now, and not plenty big, but I know he did notbecause he does nt know me well enough. \\hile old Brobero- had gone to see if hecould catch a pair of warm kamiks (fur-lined boots) for x-\H-XI-GHr-TO, she saw afew of her old friends, who as soon as theyheard it was Pearvs ship, and that AH-XI-GHI-T
. Children of the Arctic. nd said, Me verv glad seeYOU. You plenty big now. All vou look plenty hope you hnd Peary all same well. Me go myhouse catch you kamiks. You pickaninny feet keepplenty warm in good kamiks. No cold, you wait,me see. Mother teases me by saying that he said, You plentybad now, and not plenty big, but I know he did notbecause he does nt know me well enough. \\hile old Brobero- had gone to see if hecould catch a pair of warm kamiks (fur-lined boots) for x-\H-XI-GHr-TO, she saw afew of her old friends, who as soon as theyheard it was Pearvs ship, and that AH-XI-GHI-TO was on board, showed their delio-fitbv bringing her the best thev had, and theywanted her to come ashore and visit theirpickaninnies. One man brought his family close to wherethe ship lay, that x\H-NI-GHr-TO might seewhat line children he had. The little girl, achild of three years, had on short, whiteleather kamiks (boots) with long seal-skin stock-ings coming to the thigh, but the tops of the 28 CHILDREN OF THE ARCTIC. Eskimo Family at Godhavn Stockings above the boots were covered withsnow-white, lace-trimmed pantalettes made ofmuslin. Her little seal-skin trousers had bands ofwhite leather embroidered in red, down the frontof each leg, and her top garment made like asweater, was of red and white figured calico,trimmed about the neck and wrists with black 29 CHILDREN OF THE ARCTIC fur and lined with the soft, warm breasts of theeider duck. The baby was dressed very muchlike the babies at home, only the feet and legswere put into a fur bag covered with brightcalico. AH-NI-GHI-TO pleased them by takingtheir pictures as they stood there hand inhand. Nearly all the natives of Danish Greenlandwear clothing made of woven material, for whichthey trade their furs and blubber with the Danishpeople who govern them and teach them. In a short while Captain Sam him came the Inspector and the Gov-ernor. AH-NI-GHI-TO heard that the Dan-ish children whom she met here on her
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