Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-05-06

and msssse single furrext,s0 that our gun
wales were generally beh,w the SNOW level!
TIE sn6w wts packed so tight, however. that
We rarely shipped any Two hours were
passed., end was At length reused from .
hall sleep hy the evidence OF our having lost
our way, Long Isaac and the guide stopped
and consulted every few minutes, striking
sometimes IN one direction and sometimes IN
another, but without any result We ran
over ridges OF heavy, hard tussacks, blown
bare OF snow, which pitched CUR pniks right
and left, inst as have pumbed over the coral
reefs of Loo-Choo, in ship q cutter. Then.
followed deep beds Of snowdrifts, which task
ed the utmost strength Of our deer, low birch
Tickets and hard ridges again, over which
We plunged in the widest way possible.
DOMESTIC SCENE.
The Iapps readily gave us permission to
enter. We lifted the hanging door of rein
dee. hide, srspt IN stumbling over confused
mixture OF dogs and deer-skins, until We
women, dressed IN poesks, like the men, were
klndiing hre between some large stones IN
the center, but the ar inside was still as
eola ~ outside, The damp birch sticks gave
out timex smoke which almost stuffed US,
ana Tor nan IL, an hour we could hardly see or
oreatne. Inc women did not appear to be
lncommoded IN the least but ! noticed that
their eyes were considerably 1nfiamed. After
time our company was increased by the
ARRIVAL OF tive stout, rudy girls OF about
seventeen, ana chlld OF two years old, which
ALREADY wore complete reindeer costume
iney were all very friendly ana hospitabie
IN tnclr demeanor toward US Tor converse
ton was scarcely possible These women
were neither remarkably small nor remark
ably ugly, as the laps are generally re,
presented. The ground tone OF their COM
piexion was rather taWny, 70 be sure, but
there was glowing red on their cheeks, and
their eyes were a dark blush gray. Their
voices were agreeable. and the language Ia
branch OF the Flnnlsh) had none OF that
barbarlc harshness common to the tongues
OF nomadic tribes. These favorable features,
nevertheless, were lar from reconcillng me
to the idea OF trial OF Lapp life. When
saw the filth, the poverty and discomfort IN
which they lived, | decided that the present
experience was all sufficient aoastlng on
one SIDE and treezing on the other, with
smartlng eyes and asphyxlated lungs, soon
forgot whatever there was OF the picturesque
IN my situation, and thought only OF the
ie'uln VI Jul haPP Suiue: lhc "oihen AZ
last cleared away several dogs ana made
room Tor us to lie down. more tolerabie
position IN our case, though how whole
family, with innumerable dogs stow them
selves IN the compass OF circle eight feet IN
diameter, still remains mystery.
BAD DRIVING AND UPSET.
Siepe stands on steep bank, down which
our track led to the stream again AS the
caravan set OFT, my deer, which had behaved
very we'll through the day, suddenly became
fractions, sprans off the track, whirled him
self round on his hind legs, and turned the
pulk completely over, burying me in the
snow. Now, had come from Muoniovara
more than hundred miles, without being
once overturned, and was ambitious to make
the whole journey with equal success. L
therefore picked myself up, highly discon-
certed, and started afresh The very same
thing happened a second and third time,
and don t think | shall be considered I'M