The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-09-19

Dialect ~ the Various Tfibe An
uospitahis aud Honest Raes,
About hail way up The Ice bound coast
81 Labrador begins a race That, follow
ing the coast line ot the polar waters n
the North American continent mud w.
outlying Islands, extends 10 the Pacific
ocean, pnst the peninsula u Alaska
across IN base, to u point almost within
sight u Mount ST. Elias. The distance
thus covered is from 5,OOOi to 1000 miles
Of coast line, about ~, GOO miles being
In the distant United States colony Of
Alaska Some Of these Es1uimnuy are
said 10 bo on the Asiatic consi, near
BchriDg Strait but even II properly
called Esquimaux they comprise q very
small remnant Of the great family
They ARE nearly always n sea-coast abid
ing people, existing upon the products
Of the sea, such rs whales, walrus and
seal, although many trips are made in
land 10 secure the skins Of the reindeer.
the almost exclusively Esquiman cloth.
ing Here and there in widely scparnt.
ed sections il found n tribe 0f this fami.
~ which does not dwell near the salt
water, the Arctic fish inducing them Ia
reside nen inland rapids or rivers Of n
favorable position allowing them to sub.
sist throughout the year on reindeer aud
musk oxen. They, however, form a
very small portion Of the race Tho
dialects Ofthc curious language of these
tribes vary slightly, but an Esquimau
from Labrador or Greenland could con
verse with one from Brhring Strait or
wen those facing the Pacific Ocean
Tee word E%'quimau has been applied
TO these tribes ns the title
Indian has been given To the
sayngcs in lower latitudrs, and thcy
do not recognize IL, Their name for a
person Of their own tribe Is lnnuit. a.
usually spelled, and from this rs y basis
n traveller among them may mako. a,
with any word Of their language. many
variations, even In the same tribe. A
revised version Of the word, based on
the way | have heard ii most frequently.
would bc Theoretically spelled "Een-u.
Get the accent being on the first syl.
liable. Some writers assert that thes,
people are strongly opposed 10 being
called EsquimauS, considering It n tern
Of %rcproach, or, 10 put II mildly, not 1
national compliment. Ny experience
among them has been that they had
little or no feeling in the matter. not
understanding the title any better thar
they would had they been termed
''dudes." Our own knowledge Of IN,
derivation Of the word is quite foggy. 1t
having been derived from various cxpla.
nations by different authorities. Aword
from a neighboribg band Of Indians,
meaning 'the eaters Of raw flesh 4,
said TO doyetail into the expression yer,
well Dr. Richardson asserts that The
frcnch-Canadian voyagenrs originated
the name from the words c,ty Qii mai
Chose who NOV like a cAt). The fore,
Of the comparison IS not clear. however.
Further west an Indian word signihlng
medicine men Is claimed. The cast.
Urn EsquimauN greet strangers with eN.
nrcssions Of "klmo! kimoln (welcomc.
woloomeD and II is thought that thcy
were called from this lies Kimo' Or
French by the Labradorian French.
C%anadians), a word that can be twisted
into IL Esquimau'' with abou, one. halt
the strain on the conscience usually en-.
ployed In tracing linguistic derivatives.
The title, however. i the only one they
recognize. and Il was soon adopted \,
my little party. who BY the time our 80.
journ Of two and a half years hmone
them was over no more thought Of III,
other expression than did the lnnuiu
themselves.
So widely do the Esquimauy vary in
their characteristics, both physical and
moral, between the Atlantic and Pacific
that most Of my observations mus b,
confined 10 those tribes among whom
nv own journeys were made. or thos,
Of Hudson's Strait aud BAY and those
Of the Arctic Ocean in and near Kina
Williams Land. that large island jus.
Oh the mouth Of Back's Great Fish
River. Even in these tribes some start.
ling differences are found. Those O
Hudson Strait | was among only Will,
entering and coming out II that Ice
bound region. They are quite small II
statue, having little slillike eyes. with
Monaghan slant. and very well reprcs
snied by the pictures generally made O
that people. As the Greenland Esqul
maux, 30 easily accessible TO navigainrs
have been seen more frequently thai
any other tribe. they have been illus
trated most, and Il Is 10 these pictures an,
descriptions that | refer when spcakin,
Of the lnnuits of Hudson Strait. Thes
pictures will not suffice rs faithful
representations and descriptions afte
the Bay Is entered 10 the west. The
have been known for years to tho whit
people, being on the line Of travel n N
Hudson Bay Company's supply shlT
from London TO York Factory, IL Yves
ern Hudson's Bay, at the mouth " n
Nelson River. Like all sayagcs comm
In contact with only those whose so
object is the making of money, III,
have absorbed many Of the vices Of ci
ilization without q orrcspondingamou
Of It, virtues. They have been report,
a. being inclined TO petty theits fro
ships II not closely watched. and the
summer ~veracity remains frozen FRO
the seventies Of the winter. All Of the
traits Of character are the opposite Us
ally given 10 the majority NJ this grc
family How much Of this Is inhcrr
In them or has been acquired by Tina
cial contact with traders Il Is hard
say, but compared with Oh,
boreal brethren Of the b
they absorb like q sponge, Al
are as unreliable 81 the circular Of
summer resort. They are the homeli,
Esquimsux | ever met. and while no
Of them are At all beautiful. this partic
lar variety Is the ugliest | ever saw. al
some OF my experience Il spread amol
Indian tribes aud other savagcs Gel
brsted IN this particular. line. Ths
no>es-h they can be said TO have sny
nrs spread all NJ the center Of ths
laces. and hardly rise above their pr
tuhernut cheek bones. They have
eeroaic nrn On their eounssuances. In.
zs1ft 81 soud nalale. bat having Aba
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