The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-06-16
How an Esquimnux Woman Be
came the Wife of an English No
n. n. ROBINSON,


lolgy, grouped, as I'VE have said. before the
windows OF shops, you can not fail 10 re-
mark pale young woman, of small sta
ture. and expressing herself in English
with o Silent accent, which gives to this
language charm hitherto unknown. A
lady OF certain age, aud a gentleman who
accompanies her. do not cease to regard
her, and, according to q popular expires
sion, ITO drink her words"
THIS young woman, who has borne. for
SIX months only, one of the most aristo-
cratic names of the three kingdoms, was
called, but short time ago, Tookoolita.
Three years ago she inhabited with the Es-
lquimauX, her countrymeh, the Bay of Ook-
ovlear called by the English GrinneE's
Bay. and which Is situated about the six
tieth degree Of north latitude In the place
of the elegant costume which she now
wears with such ease and grace, her attire
IN her native land consisted Of a vest of
seal skin, embroidered on tho seams with
red and white worsted in arabesaue: n
pantaloon made of the same thick material.
confined her small whist and descended To
the knee, leaving to be seen, in all their ex-
quisite proportions, her legs and diminu-
tive feet, cased In boots of plant red leatIi-
er. Finally, her abundant head Of hair, of
q jet black. was tied at the top of the head
by broad blum band, made Of the skin of
the lsatis, and colored by the unctuous
Juice OF n certain Kind of lichen.
| an dhoBtcu OTpnHn Vi one Ol the women
of her tribe, she passed the short summer
under q ttVa,r or tent made of the skins of
the reindeer, and nine months of the year
| in an fgloe, that Is to say, In house built
Of blocks OF snow, soldered together BY the
cold, and capped by a dome of the saine
material. In the center of this strange
dwelling, stone lamp, supplied with the
fat of the seal, and burned unnterruptedly
during bine months of the yearAa long and
dreary night.u ia 0at.f,4Ilth lt s..is1...I.
The light, among other things, served in
lieu of a fireplace for drying her clothes.
penetrated by the humid atmosphere. and
for warming her hands, benGmbed by
sewing in cold twenty degrees below zero,
with needles made of bone, and thread COM
posed Of the sinews of animals.
The Esquimallx have no other means of
combating the rigors Of winter, compared
to which ours Is summer, The debris east
upon these shores by the too frequent ship
wreck of European vessels, ara never burned
by the natives for the purpose of warming
themselves, but are employed by them in
making sleighs. III tact, they leave unmo-
Tested the numerous heaps Of coal which
Lady franklin has caused to be placed nj
different points, in the hope that they
might be of service to her husband, whom
she long believed lost and wandering in
these frozen regions. ., IH.s
Three years ago, Lord, Frederick Fitz
George Henry sent in Search Of Sir Ioh,
Franklin. This ship was built expressly
for this voyage. aud was constructed after
the manner of the whale ships; for ship
with high sides can not navigate these seas
| ON the annroac5f nf ,,,intar tba e,o,uo.,,
Henry was suddenly frozsn nm n, tho ;a6a
This misfortune nrodured the most snu Sar;n,,,
lnquletude, the more so; ms the stores of
the ship were getting short being now re-
tain chances of the chasa' '' '"' ""'e'
One day, rather one nigbt--Cnr IA, ,,in,o,
the niphf reigns for nins nanths H. NJ
Bay Of Ookoy iear-a vouno oiri In a siaiah
drawn bv twelve Hoos coma a,, ~ ~
alongside the George iIenry climhes; ~ In iue
uncommon agility To the teck of the sbi,"'
and commenced cxomininy v'itb ia e,.nni
EST curihsitv >.tbc Wreot Soo,t,n - ,'eitr
the strangers Affcr HAVING vjsj,,J go, ",
corner. she nerreiveh Sir Erai,iA
stretched uDon thr Cantoin,s bad IT,
came TO her eyes M The sioht of Tho ,'nnS
yonng man nbnut fo lie Hitbont 'hS ~ pootr
relief. She immediately proposed hy ~eS'
turc 10 take the younO man win hey Sond
10 nurse him nj her nvvn hou"e IT, an az"
GERS eagerly ACCENTED This cbanc,., 81 III
for their connanion imnrohahIa AZ, "a, ie'iei '.'.
seemed 10 he. aiding TaoIo"iito 9this Iis cure ,.
her name) to remove Frcdcr;clN N' tn Ms 1'a
sleigh of the kind-hearteH oIrl ''0
She 0aVp the siUnal fnr ctartinsr A.,
dogs nv neculiar sIanning oe ,hs W tne
AGAINST the roof Of tbe mos,th and d. ue
r,njdlv AWAY viii tbe onsIgn H. inn uIoVe
rived 9t her home affe, a f,xo hn',-.,ss,s SI
She entered A few minutes afser ,,,,,,' .huc'
wooden vase filled with The bIood os ,ha
sea-caIf To her ereat snrnrisa Ero1a.ini Ji ine
reG,sed this singular drinf Uo,annn ui'ih OK
soon overcome lis repnonance and ..si,,h n1
n eXceilnnt This ~ r. -, anu Io,nu
in the volume he has nnblishnd Of eSsdon P;s sion
age. lie partook every dny. not nniv ,i,3
out tiIstaste, Int even win ayjd,t, ~.
medieameut. and he felt his str,,i,,,t ~ ',,is
turn, so fast that, in three months afte,
JrassoJ a, ill., ro,,',,, h'onois aitsr''
rIyalrd then, In darin@ and ad5.dst +fes, ,fl ne
inc a sleioh. clAsing no s,.a-cai,ss 1aoI,,h
the rocks and e,,rryi,c S,yav h,r,;s, s'a.s 1,,nss
across shoals and broIen icy nnt 10 ','a,a mes'9
tion that he manaccll In tbe 'f,uag, ,i'i,, i,s
,'a,tirn,, NJ, aioa si"s'o 1is oai; MS ionB,
Eias. Tookooiita aceomnanisd hin, ,,.
these excursions and did moi nn;, I'm, ~ 1aa a.,
moment. Endowed with ,he ma ryaInps Ir ~ IN :
ciIity of the North In ae"nIring eiS%s eors,mn ,a
Iianguac,s She not aniy YSSnins ..ls r,.,!s rEo,Sish