The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-01

Eskimo Baby Life-How the Dots OF Hu.
mrniiy Live In the leo aud snow.
From 50. Nicholas for Feoruay.
When baby Eakimo's mother makes the
hoods Tor her reindeer suit, she stretches Il
into q long sack or beg. that hangs down o.
hind and Is supported by her shoulders, and
this bag OF reindeer's skin n his cradle and
home, where be lives until he knows how 20
walk, when he gets bis own frat suit OF cloth
Ing
This. however, Is while the baby Eskimo
10 out OF doors. or his mother Is making
social visit. When az his own home, In order
to trouble his mother while sine is sewing or
cooking or doing such other work, the little
baby II allowed 20 roll around almost with
out clothing. among the reindeer skins that
make the bed, where IL amuses Itself with
anything 10 can lay ts hands on, from a
Ratchet TO a snow-stick.
You doubtless think little Boreas should
have q nice time rolling around 20 his hearts
eontent on thu soft, warm reindeer skins;
but when tell You more about bis little
home, you may not then think so. For his
winter home 10 built OF snow.
"Bnt wont the snow melt aud the house
tumble imp You will ask. OF coarse II will
II you get IL warmer than Just the coldne.s
at which water freezes: bat daring tue great
er part OF the year II is so cold that the snow
will "ot melt, even when the Eskimo barn
fire heir stone lamps Inside these snow
houft. by closely regulating the amount
Of Gre, ln.s IAN Just keep the snow from
melting. Ia short, Ii must always be cold
enough in heir homes to freeze.
So you can see that the little Eskimo
can not have such vegy nice time, aud you
can't see how in the ORC he can be almost
naked nearly all day long " hen II Is so cold.
Bot such is the TACT.
Yet in tpite OF all this. the little fellow
really enjoys himself. he gets used 10 the
las Inn ltelrf nj
the reindeer skins and playing with bis toys
and when have told you some other stories
about the cold these little fellows can end1ra
you can understand how they can enjoy
Intensely es in the snow huts. or igloos az
they call them, when 1t Is only a little colder
| than freezing.
AZ tn e. the ire will get too warm in the
snow hSuse, and then the ceiling will COM
mepce melting, for you all perhaps have
| learned at school that when a room becomes
| warmed 1t is warmer near the ceiling and
| cooler near the floor. So with the hut OF
| snow IL commences melting at the top be-.
| cause 10 Is warmer there and when two or
three drops OF cold water have fallen on the
babys bare shoulders his father or mother
finds that II is getting too warm and cuts
| down the fire.
When the water commences dropping the
mother will often take SNOWFALL from the
| floor, where IL Is colder than freezing and
stick IL against the point where the water -
dripping. There II freezes fast and soaks L p
| the water just like sponge until Ii becomes
| full, and then she removes IT, and puts on
| another as soon as 10 commences 10 drip
again Sometimes she Will forget to reno ve
| IL, and when II gets soaked and heavy with
water and warm enough to loose its freezI ng
| hold. down 10 comes, perpaps right on the
baby's bare back, where 4 ilattens out like n
elushs pancake, or into his face, as II ones
| served me.