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

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When ! dyed nmunglhrm uur p1rly waa
never CAREFUL 200 COLLECT tools Dr other
things Irft around l1U house. and al
not now recall That We ever missed nm
article The p1rty lrh q large amount
~ trading material amounting In Nalus
20 probably a. 900 or ~ uu0, y ~ ,noE
house 10 tho village, and visited The
whale ships over % hundred miles away.
and nothing was touched during Iis NIB
aonco have already noted fpr what
lrifing wngeH the lsqumnly work
hard all summer. and yet here was
enough 40 bo hlI VS. stealing to supply
them for u number NJ years. The pro.
trctiDn IN % snow house is about equal
10 that 10 n tent with lhr laps tied. OF
n iousc with nm unlocked door. During
most ol our absence no EsquimwuN lived
In the village, but lhry were away wal
waiug In snow houses some two orlhfrc
mile. distant, and thus no one was LEFT
io guard the house, rendering thIcycry
very easy Had anyone stolen any.
| thing and been detected there Is no pen
altY provided for the ullrnsc, or for any
other crime committed The only time
when the integrity Of any one of the
village natives wns questioned was
when ~ member ufmy party lost a vain
able pcnhn,lr l. disappeared mrstcri.
uu-ly OF the same time with an lunuit
who hu'o the worst reputation in thi.
particular line boz The tribe, although
mono IT them could furnish O bill of PR.
l%Iuullrs u- lu amy single definite acl 81
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.urW Huu. HI fhr time. bit wien sum
mur came unI iHr IJ.oo, had melted the
supposed STOLEN property was found on
ihp ground Nu iIo Site 1T uilT old snow
house. and lhI, supposed charge against
ihr lsuuImuu WIS thrown ont oi court.
They had a method among thcmsrlyc,
IT borrowing articles In the most com
muni,l.c way without any waste ul
words Under nll circumstances. how.
ever, such articles are sure to be re-.
turned Ia their original owners. II they
are ont ot Oh lur their lamps or lack Of
provisions aud find = cairn Cpilc Of large
siuncsl containing oil or meat IT any
Kind they do not hesitate 10 break into
aud take enough 10 relieve their
immediate necessities never more
and attach 20 n stick stuck mp IN the
snow alongside the de,poilcd cairn pay.
mcnt In full for what has been taken
thcrcfrom In the WAY u q snow-kniic. a
bag II bullets. or whatever they may
have handy aud know will be- useful To
the other party whose meat or oil has
been taken. II this owner belongs 10
the same village rs the traveller the for.
mcr will be- compensated when they
meet 1hi, snow knife or bag Of bui.
lets. or what not, that has been sus.
pended "a collateral from the uprigh,
stick may dnnglc lhcrc for a month OF
two. and al the Esquimaux within
travelling distance may pass Il daily
aud 10 Will never be- molcstod until the
owner comes along looking for his oil OF
meat. ! knew an lnnuit hunter who
visited the whale ships nj Marble Island
on leaving the mainland 10 cross the lee
10 the island, and where al chances ol
seeing game ended, take his hrccch.
loading rifle. an incstimablc prize u
their eyes, aud. planting H. butt Ia Tho
deep now leave h standing upright on
the native line oi travel To- the ships. |
saw Il about two weeks after ithad been
put there on ms WAY 10 the ships. and
again about four weeks after that when
returning supposed one hundred OF
two hundred had passed It., nineteenth.
of whom would have given n year : Ia.
Dor for Il. but the owner brought Il home
atlast when he returned 10 his village.
have noticed this frequently amoug the
Esquimaus. lCltrirk SfAWatkl ~ r.
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