The primitive Republican. (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-1852, 1851-11-06
Tho Polar Region.

Tho Polar Region.
From some memoranda of the late expo
dition of the 1drancc and Rescue, made up
for the New York Times, the following ex-
tracts arc taken:
The race of people who inhabit the coun-
try adjacent to Bafin's Bay and It's tributa-
ries are so little known, that any thing in re-
lation to them is caught up with avidity.-
This arrival furnishes us with sight of some
of their distinctive characteristics, in dress
and otherwise The dress of married lady
is composed of pair of short sealskin pants,
! fur outside, extending nearly to the knee
joint, where it meets the legs Of the boots,
made of the same material, or of deerskin.
The upper part of the person is covered with
'jumpcr," or kind of sack with a hood
for the head, and sleeves made whole with
the exception of a place for the face and
arms This also is made of scalskn or deer
skin, and in the warmer weather is covered
with fancy colorcd cotton-cloth sack In
the coolest and wet weather the cloth sack is
removed and scalskin covering, without
fur, placed in It's stead This composes their
whole dress. The dress of an unmarried
lady is distinguished by broad band of fan
cy-fgured webbing about two and half in
ches wide, sewed on each side of the front Of
i their pants, extending nearly the whole
length of them. A married woman can al
so be distinguished from an unmarried one
by the hair, which in both cases is tied upon
:, the top Of the head, and the ends of that Of |
the married are colored blue and of the I'M
married red. This enables a gallant to act
the amiablc Without danger of making ad-
yanccs to some one already married, and Get
ting stray shot from an injured husband.
E The boots are made very neatly, slender and
well proportional The upper leather is
colored They tan decrsllins with urine,
o and their scalskins are dressed in beautiful
: manner, simply by drying andrubbiug them
with smooth stone A pair Of slippers
:. completes the wardrobe of lady in the Is
G quimauX country; these are made of deer
) skin, and neatly fringcd round the tops with
/ white rabbits fur The clothing which was
: a. -+v-r1yi-s trofig
Q manner, every thread used being made of
IS the sinews Of the deer, and of course very
!. durable The dresses of the males are very
similar to the married ladies, with the excep-
ton that they are longer and rather heavier.
The Danes are scattered about among he rs
quimaux, and furnish them with what few
foreign articles they may want, which are
limited to steel for their spears, and some
is few ornaments for their dresses, and color
t. ing for their hair and Indies boots. The
le seal furnishes them with almost every thing
1T they seem to rcqure-food, clothing, and
If even fuel
I'd "Kyacs' are kind of boat used by this
ed people, and are certainly very curious af
he fairs, four Of which were brought in the Ad
us vance. They are made by stretching seal
~ skins over light framework of wood shap
to ed very much like fattened cigar, botl
Is, ends being very sharp, with holein the tor
le- about fourteen inchesin diameter The whole
at length of boat is about twelve feet by four
cd teen inches in width, and eight inches deel
p, at the centre The boatman slides his leg
ne and hips through the aperture in the top o
g the boat, extending his lengthways, Will,
ne his hips up are outside This part Of tn,
ie- body is covered with sealskin, made tn,
'es same as "jumpcr," and dashed, with draw
m ing strings at the bottom, to rim round TIL
IS aperture in the boat The boatman propel
fu- his craft with double-bladed paddle, ahou
m, seven feet in length, made of light wood am
DIS slightly made, the main part but about on
SCI and half or two inches in diameter, ant
ed the blades four inches wide and ornamente
nd with ivory. With this he moves his boa
Isl through the water at a very rapid rate. B
re- dexterous movement with his oar an ez
ere pert boatman will completely turn his boa
'ok over and come up on the other side still n
1u- tanning his accustomed situation. In thi
de- fragile vessel he pursues his avocaticn {
m spearing seals in the toughest weather, fl
sed which purpose has barbed spear several il
zee. chcs long, made of steel; and very SHARP
zot which is attached to an ivory point abog
put eight inches in length, the whole to a sta
UNI seven or eight feet in length and two and
Ism half inches in diameter; to the steel is a
'ro, tached line, forty feet in length, made
OF the hide of the walrus and this is fastened
ac- bladder made of the skin of the seal an
IN filed with air, laying on the after part Of Il
me boat. When the spear enters the seal it
PIT arranged that it disengages itself from Il
tier ivory point, by the point slipping at Il
OF same instant from the stats, but is attacht
icy, by string and floats with it, while at Il
lrty same time the bladder to which the line
'hg attached is thrown overheard, preventing &
md, seal from sinking further than the length
,on- tile line; the staff and seal are fhenree
IAN ed at his leisure For killing water fowl,
z ne which there are but few, a sharp round spe
WY is used, attached to staff seven feet ID lengt
ust- These spears are thrown with astonishing I
the lcuraey, rarely, if ever, missing their MAJ
ring Another manner, and the easiest 81 far
rel spearing the seal, is by doing It through
hdl- hole in the ice where they come ap hreatl
Z = they will frequently scratch holes thfoa
au- the Ice from the under side, where + Is S
linl- eral feet thick, to get fresh an tile natz
that are accustomed to the noise a e 81 crati
low ing, and viii hear them distance 8
was watch for them, and as soon they ne
urn their appearance they afa at once lled q
lam secured The officers of the Advance .
was brought with them several qaifn oz de-
Thes imals are very docile and peaeea
yer, il the disposition, allowing amy one
IN handle them faniliarly bul they ma s.
sim changea somewhat intheiT position -