Show i bic c NEW BOOKS tj zil ril native s of the pacific stalen stales athis J I 1 lis ils is the title of or a W work ark published jy ayd ab ap pleuna company of new vork bork and the first of a series senies ou on the western balf half of north america jr I 1 by mr r hubert libert il H B of ban cocroft co sau sin cp zac the native racel race i of the lacoc pacoc will contain I 1 five vol voi uiLes ules I 1 r three of which have been received from front thu the published pub lishem colit ding an on aggregate of or about twenty four buu bui mired vired pug page e the book hook are naud nand amei printed on fine paper illustrated fi ff with excellent maps mapa and very strongly bound in ln heep i 1 by native races of the pacific mr alf bancroft says he mean meau the aboh abod aborigines gines of the immense territory bordering on the tile western ocean froni from alaska to Dar darien darlen lenand and induct ing the whole of mexico and cen I 1 i trai america formerly peopled by hundreds of nations lomm horn the r reptile ep tile eating cave dwellers of the great basin to the aztec and maya quicha luicha civilizations of the southern table land which was wantonly destroyed by Y spain the author says that to gather and arrange t in systematic compact for form norm ra all thatus known of these people to A lese iese rescue ua some facts perhaps from iob lob oblivion livion to bring others from inne inac feasible ces cea sible sibie nooks and to render all available to science and to the general jeneral reader is the object of this work 1 ih far and satisfactorily he has accomplished his herculean task aime jime time and the verdict of the public only can determine but the evidence ia Is before us gat lat that he has haa labored most indefatigably to attain that end and that neither time nor means have been spared in its ac 1 mr bancroft says that he cornal fenced qed ped collecting his materials in 1859 and continued for ten years spending four years out of the ten in england 1 and abd on the continent of eu europe rope that he purchased about three thousand volumes form formerly ely contained contal contained ned in the imperial library ib of Bl mexico exIco and that fluell finally in in rifi raft the 7 year seaf 1869 being then in possession of about sixteen thousand books pamphlets manuscripts ahe iho he commenced the labor of cam eam c cm com om piling gand and composing tho the present work in the course courso ot which twelve hundred bundred authors are quoted few subjects are more attractive to the archaeologist and antiquarian jt than the origin and history of the khe aborigines of america and the jn n Jt erest terest felt in the amelioration adueh of al A bis has been widespread i E among the various sects of chris u uit endom and during late jear joean larke barje sums have been expended by b Y i them the U 8 government iu tu attempt to effect their conversion and io regeneration but no people in ol 01 ti modem modern times have felt or do feel ar hsuch such aa an interest in the america american 11 indians a as do the people of 0 utah A the m members of the church jobje nf jesus us of latter day saints forthe forno NO 4 simple reason that they know more 11 fabous them their origin and their hyk LIZ future destiny dest oiny tiny than any other othor in christendom thi taix 4 know brudge having been imparted to ithem s lila a church by divine reve lation latious u hence a work wore like mr Ban ilan crofts which undoubtedly embodies much more th an any cather cathen tather lother lather single literary production product ion iou of a the history of at the american abor 41 can cau ca hardly fail fall to be attract as tive to and to fand find numerous read A ers ere among the latter day saints W L volume one of native naces races is 1 devoted to the wild tribes chapter one being beluk an ethnological L introduction reviewing the theories J antl ANTI propounded bi b vario varlo various ws well known known scientific men i reaped n tile tiie the origin unity and diversity of r rame abesy ori orl gin gln and distinction of animals and plants classification etc etc i ur chapter hgo two treats etche hyper hypen r horemans of ot tho aa el aft efty y arth parallel alaba namely Y the esl esi eskimo JSon iagas lagas Aleut sir thlin keets beets and the the physical characteristics of the country and people also the social con dju on n of he itie latter iatter their govern anelia net weapons food diseases burial etc etc chapter three furnishes a rare fund of information condemning concern eon con derning inthe the aborigines of the columbian group the haidahl Hai dahs Noot kas the bound sound nations i chinooks Chi nooks 3 and sahac tins their physical peculiarities clothing sustenance implements moe J u ts manufactures aits property i laws slavery women wornon u toms tams medicine el death ete etc etc in chapt chapter ert eri four the reader will nind find much that is interesting about th aboriginal californians including the Kl klamath arnath bodocs pitt river indians snakes or bho sho hones proper bannocks Ban nocks amt ami very man the aboriginal tribes of new mexico the apaches Co manches Navajo ej an many others are the I 1 u ejects of chapter nive five Cl chapter hAptor MX ix is devoted to the IW k wild lid iid tribes trives of new mexico 1 and chapter sean seat n of tl the e volume m to the 4 tribes of df central Ar america namely of yucatan cistern hon duras nicaragua costa rica bica and pf af the isthmus of panama the whole forming a cyclopedia of information about the aberl aborigines lues luea of the pacific such as can cab be 0 found in no othen other single work works and written in an attractive and entertaining style sometimes tome kome timea times bordering on elegance of di diction etian etlan an attraction by n no 0 means meana insignificant in a pond ponderous drous drobs historic work like native races raees of br the pacific 22 our space will not very avery lengthy extracts but the following will no doubt be interesting to our readers and will enable them to judge of the style of the ibe author of the country of the eskimos ilc ile 1 e mays nays abo tho linear extent of their thein all 0 it a narion narn ovir seaboard averaging seare scare scarcely elyone one hundred miles milea to in ia 14 estimated at not less chhn than i ve thousand miles before them is a vast unknown aey acy lcy icy ocean aum api upon av which they scarcely dare venture beyond sight bight ol 01 land behind tile tiie moun fincers ever ready to dispute encroachment croach ment their very vory mother earth earthy upon 0 g whoso choso cold bosom they have been g borne bonne n L ae ag after age through count countless countiess less generations ene rations Is 13 almost impenetrable thaw K less ice ioe their dayland days aud add nights nid aa season geason 4 and years rears are ara not like thase those of other lother men six months ot of day succeed six months month sot sos of night three months of sunless winve winte n three months ot of night less lesa gummer summer six fix lx months qt of glimmering twilight 44 about the middle ot of october commer commet commences ices lees t the long iong night of winter the tho earth and sea spa put on an lcy icy covering beasts and aud birds deparo depart for res reg regions lons ions sheltered or more moro congenial humanity huddles buddies ia in subterraneous cus ous dem dens all nature sinks binks into reposo the little beat left by the retreating sui sun soon radians s out ut into 11 t the e deep bauo realms of space aee abe t the e te temperature grature sinks rapidly tn kort fort forty or nifty fifty degrees belov freezing the air is hushed hed the ocean calm calmi the iky cloudless an awful painful stillness pervades the dreary sol tol tude not a sound bound is heard beard the tho distant dine dire of busy man and the no beless noiseless bum hum of tod wilderness alike aro are gr whispery whispers spera become audible at a considerable distance and an atile ahle sense of loneliness lonell ness nesa oppre oppresses CA the tho inexperienced perien ced visitor L 1 i f i th the f following ol 01 brief p passage con taina beautiful description of the tha gra lual dying away of tho the winter and the return of summer in the tho land of the eskimos in ild january the tha the stars star is dimmed pe at noon february a golden tint rests upon the horizon at the same samer hour in march the incipient dawn cawn bro bra dens ideus in april the dozing rubs his jeyes ana crawls forth in tabith snow berini begin i to melt meli the impatient grass grasi and powers arrive ai it t departs in june ithe summer gummer has fairly come under the tho sant rays of tho cover setting enow speedily disappears tho foe ice breaks up th the Q glacial earth softens for a depth of one two or three feet circulation is restored to ge tation during winter had bad been stopped it we mav may believe sir john juoh juch ardo arda ard o even tho largest II agest trees freezing to the tho th ht heart art aut sea and plain and rolling steppe ay ar aside their seamless shroud shrol idof idor of white and a bril lant laut tint of emerald over ovar spreads the landscape all ail nature with one resounding reso it cry leaps leap up and claps clapa her hands for joy flocks of 0 birds lured atom f form torn theiu their winter bome bomes sll sli fill fili 1111 the aie air with their metody myriads of wild fowls rowls send orth jorth tapir shrill cries the moose and therein flock d n from the tha forests from the resonant eso nant sea comes tho tha nose noise of spout ng whale and barking feals seals and this go lately dismal cheerless redon region blooms with ar tut 13 co of life equalled equal led only tb the ss assof of its duration and in token of a 06 just appreciation of the creators goodness ne s ahls this animated med mccloy loyman leyman man and bagts baits b aits and birds and fishes rises lil lii up divides falls to and ends in eating or in being eaten speaking of the Esq imos ulmos themselves our author says pney riley rhey have a air complexion the rtin skin when free from dir tand paint being almost chitea vh itea med lum stat stature ur e well proportioned thickset thick set muscular robust active with small and beautifully shaped hands and feet 2 bome same of the women introduce false hain hair ithe g their own weaning wearing the whole in fla two bows at the ohe back bechlof of theAe aa duning during childhood d youth t nr iss kept hept with grease greaso nna and filthy filth but with the age of puberty the wore work mrk are of improvement begina begins 1 I pigments of various d dyes araan re plied both painted out outward pricked into the ut in the face and plugs orla oria or brets ane are ra inserted 1 both men and women tattoo antl and paint some of ot tb the e wo woi i the eyebrows bu dut out t the tha amount of ornamentation Is deter dete i r mined to some eix RIX extent tent by the wealth of the parties the ladle ladie tle the richer classes being privilege leg ed to have a greater number bror for atins in their cheeks alps or tor chin chig into which laurets if of borie borje ivory glas shell ac than their sisters slaters bf of the eja eda classes e 9 for fon clothing they use the tho skins of idl all beasts beadia and birds birda that come within their reach an ath costume for botu both sexes consists pf af I 1 oh aa tock toek ings or dawers drawers rs over w beeh which are breeched breeches extending froni front ders io to below the knees aada aad a frock or or somewhat horter shorter than the breeches with sie sleeves ekes and hood K the tall tail af pf 0 some tome animal gracette grac gra ces ethe the binder hinder art of the male wale f frock rock the ibe womans comans Avon lans jans has bas a large jarge hood in which she bhe carries her infant 11 hyperborean architecture bas nas its for his winter Mater residence 0 or r yourt yowl ie the esquline digs a holo hole large enough to accommodate jus Jua family Jamily and about aboul six feel feet deep nep within this excavation a framework of wood or whalebone whal whai ebene ia erected rising lising two or three ret net neet feet above a bo v ja th the e ground and then covered coveted with a dome donle shaped pr haie hale boner bonef and arid finally fInal finai lV and oyer over jn in the centre of oil the i bole hole is left noi foi the admission or light arld arid the emission of 14 smoke for ingress to pr e egress tes res from this eskimo retreat a similar hole is dug at some distance distan ace ice fr from m lh first aud and iha two hr are connected e X d by a isu subterranean b terra ierra beav passage way why rne ane the second e coveted covered with nahed and the occupants pass f irom row rom clae one room to io the other on bands hands and knees andrut and out of or oi in into their ante duter anteroom r oom room b by y me means mears ans ars of a ladder amo among n g the wealthier class classes es the sides side and floors of these your courts I 1 3 are boarna I 1 their iseal seal liun hunting ting eabe dillons they provide themselves them themselves selles yes with witha a shelter or velling dwelling dt as loi lol ol 01 lows mon pon on the tha frozen river or sea pa a spot la is chosen chogen tree free from irregularities mufid awl ami a circle tr of 0 ten oi or fifteen feet in diame diameter tet Is drawn oo 00 th tho nam snow within thel circle is then cut into srab slab from three to four inches lu in thickness their length bo be fog log the tho depth snow and heso slabs aro formed into a wall the circle and earned up iu la cou coues courses es similar to those of 0 brick or br stone terminating in a dome rook looe loose loo e snow is then r thrown into the crevice j which quickly congeals an aperture jp cut in the side sido for a door and add it the wall wait Is nob not sufficiently translucent a piece apiece of feet leet is fitted fl tt ed into the side bide sora fora window seats tables couches aud and eveir fire tire trades places are made with frozen snow KI ir these h e 0 h houses and darn darA durable bleg bieg resisting aake the wind and tha he late la in tho the season I 1 have not bot dairty paia Pala palates lesi tesi and anything and everything which can be used to st sustain ilfe life if ia is food for them the foll 1 W ing hag are said sald to 0 o be aifong their r afa evorite dishes I 1 ic coagulated blood mashed cranberries with kith rancid train oili oil whortleberries berries and walrus blubber alternate streaks of putrid black and white what whal whales ees les fat venison beeped in sea bea seal oil raw deers liver cut in small email pieces and mixed wito the warm warn half digested contents of the animals stomach b bowls ot of live maggots and a draught of warm blood from a 0 newly killed an they prefer their food cooked b but a td do D no not t object t to it raw or rotten they are no na lovers of sait silt s thero there Is no native nativo aut in eftink they get gluttonously stupid the following is ono one on 0 of f the tho in methods e adopted by the Esqui mosi in killing hilling the polar bear i feces of bent apo aro encased in balls of blubber and the thor latter being frozen holds firm the zhe bent whalebone armed with these froze frozen blubber balls dalis tho natives approach thein their r victim and with a discharge of arrows open the he engagement ga gement the bear smarting with pain turns upon his tormentors tor mentors khoi taking to their heels bees drop now and then a blubber ball bail all ail brutal bruin aa as fond offord of food as bf tot zeve reve revenge ng I 1 elises for a moment hastily swallows one then ano ang another ther and another soona soon a strange sensation Is s felt within the thawing blubber melted by the heat of the animals stomach b releases the pent up whalebone which hl b springing arll 11 into place plays havoc with the intestines Intestine sy and brings the bear to a |