American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1856-02-21
IN TIIE NORTH.

coNDt OF TIE Aanc GApsdl1iOu I'll VIC N'0H
York I,9itRe:
snOa rainy on. in the morning. the first
breath yoa take gives a feeling sensation
tothe lungs, an you feel il course through
Ii IN as though yol Were breathing some
exhillraiug gas; but after The first breath,
the lungs seem to adapt themselves 10 it,
ani though the thermometer stand at 50
deg. or Sd deg. below zsro. they expert
ence no great Inconvenience. Az sUth a
Temperature, if you are warmly clothed,
you may go out anl exercise on the ice,
oplite comfortably. when there is no wind.
Your beard soon becomes heavy with our
ffoza n breath; hut when you have become
accustomed to this you can enjoy a game
at football on - smooth patch III ice, aud
tina; TOO wdhout fear of slipping into an air
hole. But when there is IA wind, though
il be sli shl, the case is different. 1t is
then OF no use to mnl iply thicknesscs OF
cloth; the biting air strikes through rs
kernly as though there were but one thick
ness Of muslin. Skins alone can protect
YOU. You mast take your fashions from
the Esquimsux. You find the fields in
which yuu may exercise your taste 10 BE-
rather limited; you have seal skin. deer
skin, rarely y bssr skin from these you
mus fashion yourself, IL you cauno par
chase from some ESquimaux mo ii-tc seal
skin or dser-slin panialoons aud seal skin
boots. 1.-THE pantaloons do not cover your
feet neatly and have no straps, you must
be content, it is the fashion oftt. county,
and the Esquimaux bells will not think
less Of you on that account. They. too,
wear seal skin pantaloons aud boots. Taken
together, These contributions cover limb
corresponding 10 those which yours cover
The division however, is quite different
their boots cone half way above the knee
10 meet them. Tns boots are double, con,
sisung of what may be termed the seal Skin
stocking, with the fur inside, and a boo
Of the SAINT miterial, with The flesh six
mex. the stocking. Toward their upp
ex.remiies, the bo,ts ARE of very amp,
dimensions. aud in spite of this il is Sait
they Ct very eighty. The pantaloons arr
frequently very beautiful. and are orna
mented with strips of red and white leath
or. ediborately embroidered in fine mosai,
patterns.
As the garment is entire, and depend
solely upon the closeness Of its FL for il
support, the manner of putting it on be
comes a problem Of no linle inter, st. Yol
ponder over it lpny and vainly. At las
you acquaint some fair coui lante with tn,
subject OF your s~peeua;ious, and withou
any alfsetation Of prudery she tells yoI
III isparfectly easy and straightway draw
ing an imaginary pair over her feet, AM
above her knees, she crosses her legs, nnC
lol they slide easily upwards INFO thei
plare. They are held there by the pro
jaction Of the hips. which prevent then
from falling unlilth same position isagaij
assumed. Their boots are double, so tina
thcy may by being taken apart b. more en-
shy dried. Tits Is necessary, since III
skins Intercept the psrspiTation from III
foot. aud when night comes are alway
very moist. The upper portion of til
holy is coyerel, irsL with the usual gal
ment, generly untlornnl by laces. Owe
this WAS n tighly fitting seal-j,cke,, An
the o1t-r habilim mt is loose jaruh ofGa
leo, with n loose ruff Of dogs fur arodn
the throat. .Un lrrneath, II white necl
ogohief is tied closely around the tlroa
This Is put on in ban lase f,rm. nm
suggests influenza or bronchitis So forcibI
as TO be almost painful TO the sight. How
ever, You soon get over this feeling, mn
learn TO dwell wishdelisht upon their MOI
F,liaa features An tho psgola Of ha
which crowns their low foreheads. IT
constmt practice Of combing the h,
straight back rcndcrs the temples bar
while they ARE yet young. n warning
those who have adopted tie Chinese sly
OF dressing the hair, Music is n great Il
vori;e with the EsqlimluX-'ho men brir
most OF them performers upon the vi /.
an possessing n ready ear, n r%etenlil
memory. and considerable maturaltast
. the production of their melodies. Y,
wiltnDt find them averse 10 dancing, l(y,
distribute two or three bottles Of whi>ke
They are very aprat arning new dance
AMI n waltz which was tau tht them by OF
of the oil 'ers Of Lieut.. De Haven's exp
ditt6n WIS found by him, five years ate
TO be very common and remarkably W,
performed. In the lower settlement 8
Greenland you will be invited to u ball 4
most every night.
Among the northern tribes some oflhe
customs are most inhuman. At ca
Al-Xlnder. in 20 deg q min north the
are about thirty E%qoimaux living in 81
ven fimjl $. One OF these consisted of
young man an woman who had two chil
rem, the youn COST Of which was we ,k NJ
81 My; SO they made u grave and lai Il
chjl in il, aud covered her with n ston
THIS is the way in which they get rid
the aged and feeble, But Whatever m
bs their faiIings, from religion or from cu
tom. except in tho most northerly PORTO
Of Greenland, free love finds NJ favor wi
the Fsquimpux women. When mtrri-
they are true 10 their husbands, when II
married, they are true TO themselves. Tn,
cherish the memary Of their (rirn Is. 0
Of tho officers Of Lieut.. De I%iaven's eXt
diion Was gr ,eied on bis return to Level
in the expedition Of Haristein. by the &c
tle SspAie Broburg, with a kiss and a "a
turous exclamation Of delight.
He brought home a photograph Of !
anil her sister Marie, who has the fair
set of teeth in all Greenland. ami has be
educated in Copenhagen. The photogra
il flint, for the sun in Greenland is We,
still it gives goo | lea of their fsatu
an dress. Another officer has a SIN
dagusrreoiype Of six Of the Lie,ely bell