| Show eskimos sk ima 4 s have strange laws hunters must divide their game with others relative kills condemned Condemn edMan man detroit ilch tho and democratic laws of the for far north where the eskimos are ruled by a cods code of ethics hll till their own and where tile tho hunter cannot claim the game lie bo kills but must dibaro it with his feli afef levs were discussed recently by roy hoy J snell the arctic explorer who la Is sp spending e n a in t two w weeks here addressing detroit e t r ol 01 t se school il ool children tile the eskimo L salino had many strange laws before the white man came mr snell sall said they were communists it if you killed a bearded sea seal walrus or polar bear tile the meat did not all belong to you you were obliged as soon a as s tile tho killing wils was accomplished to stand up and wave your hands while you shouted as loud as you could kill man with whale gun all AH those who answered your call were 1 entitled to a supply of the meat and it very often happened that the successful hunter got less than some of the lie others it if you neglected to do this and hid bild the meat away you were likely to be overtaken with some calamity InD lItY you might suddenly become blind blicq it was thought or your children might dle die the eskimos killed the first white roan man who had my job shot him with a ft whale hale gun three young men did it one man set tile the gun in place lan another marked a spot on the door then knocked and the third pulled the trigger since the whale gun Is as large as a small cannon my predecessor was instantly killed relative must kill the eskimos themselves captured two of tho the young men and executed them when the united states revenue cutter arrived she sent a shell or two over on oil the beach to lot let tile the eskimos know what could be done then told them to 0 o go and get tile tho other young man when lie was found it was learned he too wai wits condemned to dle die and lust just here comes one of tho the eskimos S strange estrange customs if a man must dle die lie ho must bo be killed by one of his near est cst relatives A young roan man by tho name of was appointed a executioner was a 0 cousin of file condemned man and ono of his best friends lie asked hla his cousin whether he would prefer to be shot or stabbed the cousin said sad shot so aiming at his temple fired talk about an iron nerve surely loona had bad it I 1 afterward came to know him very well ho he was ono one of tile the finest eskimos in my village 11 |
