Show eskimos have strange laws law S hunters must divide their game with others relative kills condemned man detroit mich the strange and democratic laws of the far north where here the eskimos are ruled by a code of ethics all their own and where the hunter cannot claim the game he kills but must share it with his fellows were discussed recently by roy J snell the arctic explorer who Is spending S P L a d 1119 two weeks here addressing D detroit e school children the eskimo had many strange laws before the white man came sir mr snell said they were communists I 1 if you killed a bearded seal walrus or polar P bear ear the meat did not all belong to you you were obliged as soon as the killing was accomplished to stand up and wave your hands while you shouted as loud as you could kill man with whale gun all those who answered your call were entitled to a supply of the meat and it very often happened that the successful hunter got less than some of the others if you neglected to do this and hid the meat away you were likely to be overtaken with some calamity you might suddenly become blind it was thought or your children might die the eskimos killed the first white man who had my job shot him with a whale gun three young men did it one man set the gun in place 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 the young men and executed them when the united states revenue cutter arrived she sent a shell or two over on the beach to let the eskimos know what could be done then told them to go arid and get the other young man when he was found it was learned lea lie be too was condemned to die and just here comes one of th the a eskimos strange customs if a man must die he be must be killed by one of ill his s nearest relatives A young man by the name of was appointed executioner was a cousin of the condemned man and one of his bis best friends ile be asked his cousin whether he would prefer to be shot eliot or stabbed the cousin said shot so aiming at his bis temple fired talk about an iron nerve surely ha had d it I 1 afterward came to know him very weir he be was one of the finest eskimos in my village |