Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-07-07

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enough to carry two persons comfor,as
/ The women are transported frnn = y
to place in large, rudely.cons,,p ~
clinker- built boats, which they \
selves propel with oars resembr.
| spade in shape. Into these ara ~ ]
the children, dogs. fish-nets, and H.
household utensils necessary for snr,s
4 travel in the delta-the men n Y
canoes forming a sort of escort ;.
noisy throng in the larger boats
For winter travel dog sleds are =.
/ the reindeer one occasionally meot.
Buikoff belonging to the inhab,.
1 farther south, who use them for +,
porting their fish to Kumacbspr
Bulun. The dog sleds are usually ,b
fourteen feet long and twenty ina
wide. The runners are birch, onal
inch thick and three inches in MA
the bed of the sled made of thin bo,-'
resting on oss-pieces tenoned !.
dashed to the middle of four upriub,''
either side. To these uprights or Star
ions the runners are also dashed. the I,
ner receiving a small point or teno
the stanchion, which is thus kem
place. To the wooden bow at the (.
ward end the line to which the doa !
hitched is fastened.
For long journeys the team is genera
thirteen to fifteen dogs, hitched innd,
with a leader. Whips are not used n
changes of direction, etc, being on
erned by the leading dog, who is IN
trolled by word Of mouth, supplemep,}
occasionally by applications Of n /
brake. For checking the sliding Of n
sled on smooth ice, or for STOPPING
brake in the shape of large club. Ta
sharp pointed iron shoe, is carried
the driver. The sledge-dogs, owing
the scarcity of food (fish), are often h,
pitiable condition during the summs
and the natives not infrequently share
their suffering just previous to the h
ginning of the fishing season, in 0cs
Der, especially when reindeer have ba,
scarce.
The winter hut, or balanauan h
structure about sixteen feet square d
seven to eight feet in height, coyss
with mud and sod. The inclined ds
of planls rest against frame suppoa
at each corner by stout post set Id
the ground, the roof or covering Of III
frame being also logs or heavy, rouga
hewn planks. Near the small dorm
generally little to the right of it DE
semi-circular chimney, made of sln
covered with mud, rises from the ap
square, mud fire place. situated so ID
the heat is radiated toward the six buns
which, raised above the wooden or md
floor, are arranged along the sides Of u
hut, two on each wall, except the irO1
where the store of fire-wood is keg
There are usually three windows orsqa
holes in the sides over the hunks. wb
in summer are closed with lishsN
stretched over a frame and in what
with blocks of ice six inches in tha
ness. The entrance is protected by
or two long, nnel-shapcd structure
stOrm-doors, on either sides Of viii
small store-houses for fish are l0cal
Beside these there are usually one
two square log houses detached from
near the dwelling-house, In the vi
ter these huts are almost showed undo
care being taken, however, to keep
snow clear of the ice windows u
most conspicuous objects in the Tlhs
are the chimnevs. they rise two OF ta
feet above the snow covered roof j
customary among the natives, in ord1
b.n nf "a lt
one wishes to make a short commune
ton to his neighbor, to simply step ua
the roof and use the chimney as sIe
ing-tube. The summer hut, ca
urassa, is generally cone-shapcd roag
and hurriedly built of drift wood g
cred with sod There is a fireplace
the center, but no chimney, and
smoke finds egrcss through hole AD
top Of the structure.
The food of these people consists ls-
cipally of fish, which are either cooSe.
large copper kettles or eaten raw, bon
summer and winter. Reindeer mes
considered luxury, it being geHe'
hard to obtain, owing to the lack o.
fective firearms. The geese, when .
kill during the melting time, they 50
upon wooden frames or scafToldius
eat them usually after they have beea
posed undrawn to the sun during To.
tire summer. They obtain brick is-
which all are very fond, tobacco
horse hair for making and repairing
nets, from the traders who travel a-
them during the winter. Sometime,
also manage to get little -four, VIZ
mixed with water, they boil, mah~'
sort of mush OF it.
The natives in the delta dePs.-
stated, almost entirely on fish Tor y. y
The men, as rule, attend to The ~ n
only, whereas to the women falls o.
labor Of dragging driftwood Ho~
river and hauling it to the house, ~ -
the dogs, and keeping the mud cl-
in repair, beside their legltimats W., W.