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Show LEARNING WHITE MAN'S WAYS Eskimos Said to Be Making Cratii ing Progress as a Result of Mjt sionaries Teachings. On Herschei island, where the sun shines continuously for eijdit wcot'-6tirampr, wcot'-6tirampr, the Eskimos had a sua d;inc not always clothed in the giirmen'ts f propriety, a -writer in an exchange saVi. They had an idea that when tliVsia came back Its movements were directed direct-ed by an invisible power, but they h-j no tangible conception of a God. Ybv had no belief in n future life, either of reward or punishment. Tod'uy th, are religious, truthful, kind to their children and to the aped. Thiv tn ambitious to learn ; they are practical extremely industrious, sanitary j their habits, well clothed and en housed. Insanity Is unknowa, but to. berculosis is common. They whale In summer and trap a winter. They are clever in trading good workers on land, water and ice' and take excellent care of their housed hold effects. Tools, if broken, are neatly repaired. When on Herschei Island' or at Fort McPhersoa, they eat the white man's food with great relish. rel-ish. In summer they eat their fish and blubber raw and in winter frozen. Ther like food cooked, but It Is a matter nf Indifference to them. They will barter bar-ter for the white man's food, eat a hearty meal of It, and then go out ami eat blubber and raw fish as dessert. The contents of a deer's stomach they consider a great delicacy. |