Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1873-04-16

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work cd brave!y in the cause of religion,
ChIistianizing all beneath his sway by the
simple operation of decapitating the heath
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ARAcE OF PIGMIEs.
THE men of the Arctic regions" said
DR.. Hayes, ''stand for the most part about
four and half feet in height, aud in col
or closely rcse mhle an uDwashed North
American Indian Their dress is COM
posed of bear aud seal skins. There is
little difference between the costume Of
the sexes. but the headress of the women
is sufficiently striking to distinguish them
from the men. The hair is twisted up on
the top of the head in the form ola horn,
several inches in length, its size being en-
hanced by the judicieus interlscirg with
it Of strips of seal skin, which also serve
TO keep it in its place. Though the la
dies of nations less far north resort TO ar
tifices somewhat similar, they cannot be
said to be equally successful, for their sis
tcrs of the Artic regions, having once done
Up their hair do not find il necessary to
touch it again for several months, until III
fact, the intcrlacsd seal skin falls to piece =
from decay, and the careful y built cone
tumbles at last Laughte..l
A plurality of wives is almost invaria-
bly, INDUCED in, aud little Jealousy is man
iiested by the fair sex The lecturer re-
lated an instance of man who come un-
der his observation who had three wives.
These women were perfectly content ex-
eept in one partieular-they conside' ed it
no small grievance that their husband OBJ
stinately refused to take fourth wife,
and thus tighten the household labors q
the other three. In this interesting fami-
ly there had originally been seven chill.
dren. Two had died fir, N causes incident
al to childhood aud third having been
born with clubbed foot the father lpourn-
fully informed DR.. Hayes that he thought
it best to place it in hole in the snow
and cover it up.
| THE REIICIoN or THE EsOTINAUY
The ideas Of Supreme Being aud the.
orie- regarding future existence enter.
;ained by these people are very peculiar
Their God is enthroncd on a rock, with
its head piercing the heavens, on a green
island, and overlooks ali the world--that
is, all of it that is worth interchangeable
land Of the Esquimaux On this island
are FIVE steps leading to paradise, and on
each of these arc dishes containing food va
rying in quality in proportion to the he CHI
Of the step on which they are placed. IL
this Island the spirits of good EsquimauS
are transpanted, aud deposited according
to their degree OF merit on the steps oftht
rock. where they regalc themselves
through all eternity on the food contained
in the dishes. As for ihe spirits of the
unfortunate Esquimaux who have no
merited salvation, they are cast out into {
region of intense, upimaginable cold
where no such thing as food IS ever seen
THE EsoUIMAUX's SATAN.
The evil srr is woman, dwelling a
the bctton OF the sea, and occasionall,
wreaking her spite upon them by keeping
the fish frcm rising to the surface, ant
thus creating famine
The most curious ceremony known t
the Esquimaux is, perhaps, that of mar
riage. 1t is done thus: When boy kill
O polar bear, it is considered sufficien
proof Of bis ability to maintain a family