The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-01-27
SURPRISED ESKIMO eTRLs
they Meet Here, Thoueh Neither Knew the
Other Mnh I.rff Irr Nnrthrrn Mnmr.

Othcr htnu hsctt Her NortNrrn HOmcs
Two Eskimo girls wero living awhile ago in
their native homes on tho bleak coast Of Lab
rador They had scarcely heard OF civilized
lands. and neither Of Thorn ever dreamed that
even for n short time they would no taken far
from their homos to live among n foreign
people. Tho other day these two girls met in
this city though neithcr OF them knew that
the other had left Labrador.
ono Of these girls has already been intro
duced to tho readers Of THE SuN. Her Ameri-
ran name il clara She Is bright and pretty
Eskimo full blooded. 1O years OF age and SHE
and her brother Willie were brought to this
country last fall by DR. Cook. tho ethnoloGst
OF the first Peary expedition.
Clara and her brother havo been seen by a
great many people at Dr. Cooks lectures this
turs room OF the Union League Club. Brook
lyn. was crowded and clara was heartily np.
plaudedFhen. after the lecture. she was lei
and pGuant in her native fur clothing.
Two or three weeks ago DR. COOK heard that
the summer at the Worlds Fair. were to be
seen at n museum In this city. lie thought no
would give clara little surprise, and So he
took her over TO the museum IIc had no idea
tho surprise would he as great as 1t was
lara entered the museum and q once was
the ExEigitiSn. She uttered q cry q sur;
seemci at list unable to-. believe the
evidence OF her own eyes Then the two
girls rushed to one another and both
hogan to ask questions In the same breath.
They had not seen one another Tor three years.
They nro own cousins. and neither supposed
TINT the other was within many hundreds Of
miles Of this city.
southern part OF Labrador. Her cousin lives
on the coast further north; and their families
do not meet very often, The cousin. who was
a mem Der OF the Worlds Fair party. left home
about a year before Clara's parents conflded
her and her brother to tho care Of
DR.. Cook. but Clara had heard nothing
OF her cousins departure. Tho reunion
was as joyous "a 1t was unexrectel
The girls had much to tell one mother Of their
some news Of interest from her home. for since
she has been here she has received two letters
from her father in the Eskimo language,
written probably by one Of tho missionar ies
Sho sent u letter to her parents last fall before
the bonts stopped running to the Labrador
coast. She probably Will not write again, as
she and her brother will return to their homo
on one OF the early steamers next season.
1t was happy day for the cousins. Very
likely they will not meet again In this country.
but in years to como they will doubtless see
one another now aud then In their northern
homo and talk over the wonderful days they
spent in the United Stntos. Clara's cousin,
with her party. are now In Boston. Most Of
the Worlds Fair Eskimos are among the eth
biological attractions at the Mdwlnter Fair in
San Francisco
DR.. Cook is steadily pushing the plans for
his projected Antartic cxpediti IN. He will
probably he the first 20 reach those waters.
though tho English are now talking OF lengsg-
ing again In south Polar exploration.