Milford chronicle., 1885-03-06
ESKIMO BABY.LTFE.
How the Little One Lives In Its Honsc Of
snow

When baby EskimoA mother makes
the hood for her reindeer suit. she
stretches 1t into long sack or BAG. that
hangs down behind and is supported by
her shoulders, and this bag Of reindeeris
skin is his cradle and home. where he
lives until he knows how to walk. when
he gets his own first suit of clothing.
This, however, is while the baby Es-
klmo IS out-of-dOors or his mother is
making a social visit. When at his own
home, in order not to trouble his mother
while she is sewing or cooking or doing
such other work, the little baby is al.
lowed to roll around almost without
clothing, among the reindeer skins that
make the bed, where it amuses itself
with anything it can lay its hands on.
from a hatchet to a snoW-stiek.
You doubtless think little Boreas
should have a nice time rolling around
to his hearts content on the soft. warm
reindeer skins; but when I tell you more
about his little home, you may not then
think so. For his winter home is built
Of snow.
"But won't the snow melt and the
house tumble in?" you will ask. OF
course it will, if you get it warmer than
Just the coldness at which water freezes.
but during the greater part of the wear
1t l. SO cold that the snow will not melt
even whlTe tho Eskimo burn fires in
their stone lamps, inside these snow
houses; so by closely regulating the
amount Of fire, they can Just keep the
snow from melting. In short, it must
always be cold enough In their home to !
ssreeze.
71Lo Tou can see that the little Eskimo
canh.e nave such a very nice time, and .
you can't see how in the world he can .
be almost naked nearly all day long
when it is so cold. But such is the fact
Yet, in spite Of all this, the little fell
low really enjoys himself. He gets used
to the cold, and has great fun frolicking
around Oh the reindeer skins and PLAYING
with his toys; and when I have told you
some other stories about the cold these
little folks can endure, you can under
stand how they can enjoy themselves in
lhe snow huts, or igiO0s, as they call
hem, when it is only a little colder than
At times, the fire will get too warm in
he snow house, and then the ceiling
yill commence melting-for you all per-
lrs2s have learned at school that when a
yetC'e -sGOmes warmed it is warmer at
s.@es' aids and cooler near the floor
tne bowels aE&of snow; it commences
''i'ns'nens tho whobecluse it is warmer
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ing the mother " at ma
all from the floor ans I -
han freezing, and dsing Of
oint where the lq.,.l1'idl- Z an u
here it freezesSfast and soaks up the f
'ater just Ikea sponge until it becomes q
Ill; and then she removes it and puts !
n another, as soon as it commences to
rip again. Sometimes she will forget p
, remove it, and when it gets soaked /
I'd heavy with water and warm enough !,
) lose its freezing hole, down it comes ! "
srhaps right on the baby's bare back.
here it flattens out like a slushy pan ~
ke-or into his face, as it once served n
e.-Liei6. Fredeyick SchaCatka. in 4
Z, Nicholas for March, m