Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1895-11-18
MOST UNSAVORY MENU.
WHAT THE NATIVE ALAsKASs LIKE
TO EAT.
Things DelmonIco Doesn't Ifa,c-Dee'yed
Fish and Eggs-Castor OH Il Com
sidered splendid by These
Queer Fsiatcd People.

As Alaskan diet Is peculiar Jet Us elanee
over the Esquimaux menu. and while !
present the dishes. you--weil. you can h'll
your nose. says a writer in the Portland
! Oregonlan. We need rot mind Tho more
simple articles Of diet, such as whales anu
walruses, bu. only the entrees. The hrsi
and most highly esteemed of these s fri-
grant dainty, justly termed iupl.HsrA;
Grom the radical tupchartok. TO stink.
10 is always made during the warm sea, .l'
at the time ~ the salmon fishery. tAe
preparation. which is extremely simple :
close 10 the entrance of the barrahpfe, ana
this Is filled up with raw salmon hetts.
After ten days Of exposure 70 iae Sun Xxx
hole. presents a lively sight Tor tle I.A
heads ara in constant motion \ teW aals
longer 20 allow the worms their iUl, EI'" 70
and then the family Eaiher TO t5e i.I haiI !. II
remain but the scent Of the roses VIII
Tha next dish is also a favorits. equally
irasr4nt ana equally simple IN its p[eNtitli
ti1n-hullpi eggs. The eggs commonly used
here are those Ok the wild geese our naa-
uyes distinguish two varie tics Whi'h Nun
ertp have never succeeded IN winning ih"Ir
way TO popular favor elsewhere. The mrs.
are those collected soon after the arrival oi
geese. These green" ogrs are then eN-
posed for a long time 10 The genial r1Fs Qi
the SUM- until they baeoma sufficiently aa-
died 20 suit the native taste. The second
variety is somewhat more Eamey ana I"h-
sists OF cgES expressly selected later uNt
just at the period when mother goose was
cong d2ring that her sedeu,ary lduors were
almost concluded. have watched cot
course. from the windwarI side) group OF
bon viyants gathered around a fir" deE9ar-
ms half cooked rotten eggs and constantly
adding more TO the pot. until they We're 80
completely EorEed that ike drunken men,
they would fan over, one oy one an1 s.sfeP}.
,kamamak' comes next Compared WitA
the others 1t viii appear delicious Is a
mayonnaise, consisting OF stale hsh ro3
mashed up with stale salmon berries and
iNNnVpl >
chok Is the next and very similar IN cumpo-
sttlou. In place Of roe, the raw liyers OF A
berries and sal oil We are now at the
pride Of the mcnu-akutok. the choicest or
all EsquimauN delicacies.
This Arctic ambrosia IL composed OF sal
mon berries seal OIL and deer tallow These
ingredients are boiled together ana WAgA
cool they are mixed with snow a refresh
ing compound worthy to rank with some
of our ice cream. This glance at the diet
of society IN the upper uircle' viii con-
vince you that my account Of their oiorlt-
erous properties is not strained
A. might be imagined, their foul food
eN5r anyone j. even slightly lndisposed, he
Will come directly to us, SO We always
Keep quantity Of medicine at the mission.
cannot convince our beuightea invalids
that 1t Is nauseous remedy and not a
delicious foreign cordial We have to limit
a dose to four tablespOontuls and allow on
An old fellow called Ayuuok happened to
have slight attack Of the usual complaint
Qt was about the egg season., and came TO
us for treatment. 1t was Avunoks first
introduction to castor oil. In the trans
port of delight he unwariy exclaimed
'ashertok," (splondldl. His complaint at
once assumed a chronic form, with no pros
pect OF recovery. He came twice day,
and then three times. Unfortunately for
him, the ,'ashertok betrayed him So we
changed the treatment, and administered
a tomato can Of strong epson salts, which
Immediately wrought q cure. Strange 10
say, these people never use salt. and have
no, no relish wh2teyer for anything saline.
Pills present the same difficulty as castor
oil, our patients ohstuately refusing to
take them"-for they viii persist IN slowly |
chewing up the deliEEtful little bon bonS !
! let them chew tin they finish the sixth. |
After that, II more medicine Is needed, il is |
epson salts i'll spite of all eutreatles
Missionaries here must expect a great
deal of medical practice is very i'm
portant, and serves, moreover, to weaken
the popular confidence In the tuuroks or
sorcerers, who are called on to perform
their grotesque antics over the sick, In
our vicinity the adherents 10 the old school
OF therapeutics have gradually disappeared.
lnvalids no longer seek relief from d bal
masque," or hope for benefit from the
seductive influence of the drum and rattle.