Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1857-05-30

BtauualIy mixed win The Lapps, so that ther,
is little Of the pure blood of either race 10 b,
found at present | should here remark tha
throughout Norwegian Lapland the Lapps ar,
universally called FIanS, and the Firms, Quans
AS the change of names, however, might oc
casion some confusion, shall adhere TO tn,
more correct Swedish manner Of designating
them, which have used hitherto.
Kautokeino is situated in shallow valley
or rather basin, opening toward the northeast
whittier lis river flows to join the Alien. AL
though only 935 feet above the sea, and conse.
quently below the limits of the birch and the
fir in this latitude, the country has been strip
ped entirely bare for miles around, and nothing
but the scattering groups of low, dark hus
breaks the snowy moniony. 1t is with great
difficulty that vegetables of any kind can be
raised. Potatoes have once or twice been made
to yield eieht-fold, but they are generally kill.
ed by the early Autumn frosts before maturity.
On the southern bank of the river, the ground
remains frozen the whole year round a a depth
of only nine feet. The country furnishes moth.
ing except reindeer meat, milk and cheese. -
Grain, and other supplies of all kinds, must be
hauled up from the Alien Fiord, a distance Of
liz miles. The carriage is usually performed
IN Winter, when, Of course, everything reach.
es It's destination in frozen state. The pota-
toes as hard as quartz pebbles, sugar and
salt become stony masses, and even wine as
sumes solid form. In this state they are kept
until wanted for use, rapidly thawed and i'm
mcdiateIy consumed, whereby their flavor is but
little impaired. The potatoes cabbage and
preserved berries on the Landsmann's S table " ere
almost as fresh as if they had never been frozen.
Fortunately, the place was almost entirely
deserted during the Summer months. and the
resident missionary and Landsmann returned TO
Alien until the Lapps came back to their Win
ter huts but, fot some years past, the station
airy population mas increased, and the church is
kept open the whole year. Winter however,
is the season when the Lapps are found at home,
and when their life and habits are most char
acteristic and interesting. The population OF
kaniokelno at present is perhaps about eight
hundred; in Summer it is scarcely one-tenth OF
this number. Many of the especial.
ly those o. mixed Finnish blood live in wood
en- huis. with the luxury ofa fire place and chin
ney. and window or two but the greater part
ofihem burrow in low habitaiions Of earth. which
resemble large mole-hills raised in the crust OF
the soil. Al present, half sowed- over and blend
ed with the natural inequalities ofihe earth, one
would never ima,ire b,, e., tho s,,,to ho.o
and there issuing from holes, that human beings
existed below. On both sides of the stream
are rows of siore-houses, wherein the Lapps
denosit their snpnIies ana ho,seboId ,r,;nlos
during their Snmmer w,,dor;nrs IT,,
structures are raised ,ron h;rch nos,s .oob .,n
ned with n smooth hor;zon,,l hoard i, o,ds,
to preven, the rails and mica Crom el,sc,;on ~
entrance. The church stands rnor sI;,h, s,o; !.
's.'.e 20 so. S"a'', "',' US '""'Fe" DERRY s'and,
"s ap""' % !" '".ue"' !" sn'a" grove o'
0''"e' ""''" "''e "oe" sP"'eu 'of sumner
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d,y oc tho polar W.. W. TT Tto oI.DI' IT, YI""'"'"s
L,.S. ,
mo srn hoI wv, e., ~ '"e |s9"'a''e1 '"1'
,honoh oo,',,,, s;, - r., "'9 'e''uo".e
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I.,lnI 'I' US was Nv"
n,n O. sL;,o - W De o
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- ~. e"os' " '.'" VIC s"u''''
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-, o.,raoi,.as =. ..'..Nr ""u we
o,,Jn.I .onroa.,, ar u, WV" 9y'"o '"N .ne
ri. o;,,,,'ns,o.a -, I .N'.. sv1' Du' ~,
-, l,,..s '''1 WV o"'e' '''" o"IAs'
=, ,ho;r .a,;.;.,,, " "',ae'' '"1 '''Pps
m,. N .nd ,ha sAe'''ses 's'o, ii'os,e'
ra,d;nn Of soma e'se' ~. '"'s U, ",e
n,.s,or .a5oa . t; L;e, "1 AaPP so"oo''
asssai " ""''", ''' ,"u''" Is never
90 or ,,';. '"o .o'ueS' "IyS VI ih,e'
o"e 'ause U, '"'s may pefhaps DC 'he dread ol
." "te''v"''. ~, o""'s ."''o"' v"' '"o '"ai" 'ea'
o." :. "e inconvenience ""'o" "ou'u arise
~" '"o ."a""e oo' " 81 many a".'qua'eo
nv " 'ho "I sa,"I",s' a"u 'he e'nu'ia give" ou'
~" "h,"eu ,hp 'ou,es VIM" 'le"' Oo"se'
aSe'. de:' -, '"e ""Pe'a'uie ''s'ae inc c"u'c" is
-" sa'o 10 ou's'ue' ""' ,"e frozen mo'S-
'u'o VI .'e "o's"'pPe's o'ea'n iofnls frosty
co De"s' .u 40 soe''"es 10 niue '"e clergy
na" u, no", ."e r.o~ " MS eongrega',on' fas-
w. w. e, ",e, '"'o'"eu "'e mat ne iaa frequent
p'. .".. III 'en'pe's'o'e '' % deg' oeiow
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