Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1860-04-13
FRIDAY, APRIL l3, 1860.

seen. lic is dressed IN the usual suit OF
bear and fox pcl,s, but they are oil new.
and show evidence Of care. Ho is evident.
ly somebody's pet. Even among these poor
sauages tho kindly care Of female hands i'
manifest upon tho h'Ori,e young fellows,
he coniessss his having sweetheart In Net
lin. and thi,her he is bound. Loves tokens
pass everywhsre-our E'qaimaux has a
bundle Of bird.'kins TO make 40 under gar.
ment for his fair one.
We presented him with small poke,
knife and piece OF wood. both Of which
pleased him very much. With the latter
bO a, once 'Plccd hi. whip stock. gave
him couple Of needles for his intended
bride aud SOnntag added a string Of beads
for her. These attentions pu, him almost
beside himself with joy, bat he afisrward
seemed PANIED that no could offer US no
suitable return. llo had nothing on his
sl,dge, This hunting equipuen, Of course
oIecp,ed) but two small pieces OF blubbsr.
four birds, abou,a pound Of bears meat, a
piece Of bears skin, and ,ha, in.eParablc
companion Of every E.quimaur hunter. a
a small lamp. All these no laid a, our feet
aud soon he was dashin: up the coast APP
paren,ly unable TO contain hs irppativn &C
TO show hi. treasures TO the eyes whose APP
proral hc valued more than that Of oil th.
world beside.
~ EsQum,uJ WIDOW.
THIS widow greatly interested me. She
ate bird. for conscience sake. liar bus-
hands soul had passed into the body Of a
walrus as a temporary habita,iOn, and the
Augckok had prescribed that, for certain
season she should not eat the as.h OF ,hi,
animal and since at this time of the year,
lyar and seal were scarce. .hO had TO fall
back upon moAsro stock Of birds which
had been collected during tho previous
summer.
This pouapcs was Of kind which every
r.quimauE undersOs' upon the decca'o OF a
near relation. Tho An,skok announces to
tho mourncr, into vha, animal tho soul OF
the departed has passed. and beneeiorih.
until tho spirit ha. shifted its quarters, they
are not to pariaks oi that animal. This
may bs bear, u seal q walru., q lumne. a
gull. or any other. embraced within their
lin,,~l bill ol fare.
The widow had one practice, which not.
wi,h,tandin. tbs, 1t related to the same so
riou, subject, caused US nota little amu.s-
mont. Her late husband. for whose cake
she rfrained IRON eating walru', me, with
hi. death las, summer by being carried out
TO ssa on loose cake Of leo to which be
had imprudenily gone to watch for seal.
The tide havin. changed, the floating rafI
was separated from the land, aud in full
view Of hi. family and friends, tho poor
hunter Jrili0d ou, into the middle Of Baihn
Day. never to be heard Of more. IL hap.
pen,i that during tho evening, tho name
Of this hunter was mentioned several times,
always in term, u warm praise. and Zach
time his widow shed n eopious food Of
tears. Peterson told u. TIA, all stranger.
were expected to join IN the ceremony
Our lr.. attempt, fear made - poor show
Of sorrow. bu, the second was perfect Of its
kind. Tue motions could not have bOsn
surpassed. even had the cause OF sorrow been
a rich banker aud the mourncrs his heirs.
Tho tears were hardest TO manage, but u
.ufieisn, quantity found their way TO the
surface to satisfy the bersaSei one ,ha. her
grief wa. appreciated by US. and she re.
.umed her lively manner. 80 forgetting our
former di.courte.y in our prcsen, re'pee,
for ber sorrow tha, she tried again TO treat
US 10 munchsd meat.