Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1891-03-28

"ouiou opseIFe tOem, until at last hu
eyes fell on Juliana. Her beauty of fac,
and form would have convinced les.
observant youth that she was the ont
sought for, but had anything else been
wanting, her quick flush was enough ts
betray her. Thereat the young stranges
picked great dead SWAMI very rar,
bird in those parts-from the top of his
kayak and carried it to the feet of prett,
Juliana, who said not a. word, though
she smiled very brightly toward he,
mother. Then the young man said:
"My name is Habakik. Who is il
that will meet Habikika" and young
Peter Manasse stepped from the group
and said that it was he. The two eyed
each other and then, as white athlete.
would say, began to wrestle catch as.
catch-can. 1t was mighty and mem
orable struggle. No such match had
ever been seen by any one present. With
equal strength and skill they pulled and
pushed and lifted, hither and thither.
about the level beach, till both wer,
flaming red in the face and bathed in
peHpiration. Then the foot of the
stranger slipped and he stumbled for.
ward, head down, under Peters right
arm. A shout went up from the vii.
layers, but before Peter could take ad.
vantage of the slip Habikik had grabbed
the young man about the knees, lifted
him from his feet and threw him heavill
with his back on the sand. And there
the two lay painting, while blood oozed
slowly from Peters nose, the shock oi
the fall having burst small blood ves-
sci.
After minute or so, when both had
partially recovered their wind, they rose
slowly, and the villagers began once
more giving the strangers CHEEKY well
come, in which, though crestfallen, Peter
joined heartily. As he stood before Ha.
bakik, saying it had been a fair fight
and well won, he saw the pretty Juliana,
her big brown eyes watching the blood
flowing down his face with look of con-
Germ in them that no bri ght young Eski-
mo man could mistake. She was Jus,
outside of the group of villagers, and
her father and brothers had run down to
help draw the strange oomiak on shore.
Juliana, catching the eye of Peter,
turned her head very quickly away, and
then the long disappointed lover reached
her side with jump, picked her up in
his arms, and fled away in triumph to
his fathers iglu, and there they re-
NAMED till the rest were through with
the feast
A week later the moon was full
Jullana received from her mother new
scraping knife and new butcher knife,
and from her father lamp made of q
hollow stone. The white trader gave
her very fine, large iron kettle. coffee
pot and great quantity OF bright
colored goods, and beads enough for 6
new collar foot wide, which, under the
circumstances, was a very decent thing
| for the trader to do Juliana, as was
sa}i, was very pretty girl Then JUL
a!.a and Peer went to the house Of the
a4tiye preacher, an | in the presence 9
all the people were married according to
the Lutheran service, for nearly all
Greenland Eskimos are Lutherans.
When Juliana had married him Peter
went to live with his mother-in law, &C
cording to the usual Eskimo custom.
Eskimo wits never make jokes about the
mother in law. 1t would not be in good
/ form. The Eskimo mother-in-law rules
the household She can even command
divorce, the process being simple one
She orders her unacceptable son-in Law
out of the house, and when ne obeys, as
he always does, she throws any personal
property after him that he may have left
behind. Both the young people are ther
free tc marry again. D
The Eskimos do not marry cousins. :
man could always have as many wives a
be could support before the Danes dis
outraged polygamy, and it was the Ful
for man 20 take one Of the sisters OF III
chosen sweetheart It IS said that II
Old practice is still adhered TO, thoug
without the sanction of any religion
. ceremony.
I It occasionally happens that newt!
married couple do not begin housekeer
ing at once-each instead remainin