Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-07-28
INTELLIGENT AND ARTS rio.


INTELLIGENT AND ARTS RIO.
The Esquimsua Clever. Artistic, end In
ventlve.
What Prot Otis Z. Mason thinka
OF the EsQuimaux, the dafRest popu.
latiOn Of Alaska are the most .intelfi.
gent Of lie natives, 10 we'll worth con.
stderatiOn. Looking 1t these people.
from purely scientific point OF view
Prof Mason does them simple justice.
no more nor lesA
THE Esquimau people are known.
to be the most intelligent and artistic
savage people on the face Of the.
globe. They were carvers In ivory
before any white mon ever went to.
that country Ever since the Rus.
slams went up there, 100 years ago,
and took them the tile and better tools.
they have been doing excellent carving
OF all kinda Their progress In art.
for 100 years has proved that they
are an Intelligent and progressive
raco and are not falling behind.
They have stood comparison with
that celebrated people discovered In,
the French cave who left remains in.
bone carving and also the people Of
the Somo Valley. They have In.
vented one Of the most ingenious sp-.
plications On the principle Of elias
ticity OF which ,ie world knows In.
this invention they have made use Of
driftwoUd. They take small piece
Of wood about twelve inches long re-.
sembling a pipe stem, which 10 quite
= ~
They take 9 new cord and run it
through and back, 90 that every i've
inches they have hitch. Thus Il.
bears great columnal strain. They
can make . bow 90 strong that IL will
send an arrow into q whale. The In.
venti0n IL not known anywhere else
In the world.
"An0ther Of their inventions de.
serves mention. They have to ride
10 ricxcty boats, and they can use
but one hand. The boatmau has to.
hold the boat steady In tho water,
and not belng able 70 use his elbow
In the boat, he has invented u device
which he attaches TO his arm. They
have not borrowed that idea from.
the white man. and the white man
never saw II until he saw them use
IL. The white man has been Learn.
log navigation from these Esoui.
.naux. They did not borrow their
ideas from the RussianA The lines.
Of their boats are on the plan Of mod.
ern raclng cutters In all except the
center part; and II you follow the de-.
Sign Of their boats you have the mod.
ern racer. This boat IL adapted to.
their conditions ana shows them to,
be an ingenious and progressive PEG.
pie.
Their macintosh garment 10.
ma 10 from the intestines Ut the seal,
which are taken and sewed together
with Y little thread OF siuew. The
work 10 very extraordinary and To-
done by the women. These women
are % strong that they would under
take to shoulder Q sack OF salt or
even 0 barrel OF Hour. They can
carry 200 pounds In weight. They
get down on their knees to work with
these deerskins. All the work Oh.
the deer from the time Il 10 killed 10,
the work Of the women. The mcn.
are enduring and able to stand any
amount Of fatigue The women are,
healthy aud display wonderful vigor
Of limb and back. They do lot know
they have backa Their condition IL
quite In contrast with what We lind
10 our own homeA They are hearty
and healthy 10 every respect NY
own studies have led me to this con-
clusion and ! have been able 70 com.
pare them with other savages, the.
P0lynesiaus ana the Africans, and I
Ind that they will hold their own.
with any aboriginal race on the face
Of the earth."-Kate Fields WASH.
tnRtou.