The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-10-23

Ia iron harpoOns, snow knives, bird
darts and all other things that make
life easy IN there In tho great cold, and
he wa, tla head Of his tribe, or, as they
say, "lhs nan who knows all about II
by practice" This did not give him
any authority, Oxcspt now aud then he
would advice his friends 10 change their
hunting grounds, but Kolukn used II to
dominser a litilo, in the lazy, fat lnuil
fashion, over the other bnys when tlsy
came out at night to play ball in tho
moonlight or to sing the childs' song 10
tho aurora boTealis
But at fourteen an lnuit feels himself
a man, and Kolnko was tired Of making
snaTeI for wild fowls and XII foxes, aud
most tired OF all OF helping the women
to chew seal and deer'kins Chat makes
them supple as nothing else CAM the
long day through, while the men we're
ont hunting. lilo wanted 10 go into the
quAggi, the singing house when the
hunters gathered there for their mys'
terieS, and the angekok, tie sorcerOr,
frightened them into the most delight
iul fits after the lamps were put ont
and you could hear the splrlts OF the
reindeer stamping upon tho roof, aud
when q spear was thrust out into the
open black night 1t came back covered
with hot blood. IIo wanted TO throw
his big boots into the not with the tired
air OF head Of q family, and he wanted
TO gamble. Filh the hunters when they
droppGd IN OF an evening TO play aSoTt
OF homemade roulette With a tin pot
and a nail. There we're hundreds Of
things that he wanted TO do, but the
grown men laughed at him and said;
"WAit till YOU nave been in the buckle,
Kotuko. Hunting IL not all iatV
Now that his father named puppy
for him, things looked brighter, An
Inuit does not waste good dog on hil
sou till tho boy knows something oil
dog driving; and Kotuko was moro than
sure that he knew moro than every
thing.
II the puppy had not had an iron
constitution he would have died from
oyerslulling aud overhandlipg. kotnko
made him tiny harness with trace 10
1t and hauled him all over the house
floor, shouting: "Aua! ia aua! (Go to
the rightly Choiachoi! ia chOiach0i!
(Goto the ioiI!l "0hahaw stop The
puppy did not Ike 1t ut all but being
lishsd for In this way was pure happl'
ness beside being put to tho sleigh for
the frat time. lle Just sat down on the
snow and played with the seal.hIde
trace that ran from his harncH TO the
pitu, tho big thong In the bows Of the
sleigh. Then the team started and the
puppy found tho heavy ton'ioOt sleigh
running up his back and dragging him
along the snow, while kotuko laughed
I'LL the tears ran down his face. Then
there followed DAYS and days Oi tho
cruel whip that Kisses like thu wind
over ice. and his companions all bit
him because he did not know his work,
and tho harness chated him, and he was
not allowed to sleep with kotueo any
more, but had to take the coolest place
in tho passage Il was sad time for
tho puppy. Tie boy learned, too, as
last as the dog; and 4 dog sleigh Is q
heart breaking thing TO manage. Each
beast 10 harneIsed-the weakest nearest
to the driver-by his own separate
trace, which runs under his LETT lore leg
to the main thong, where 1t is fastened
BY sort Of hutton aud loop which can
DO slipped by turn OF the wrist, thus
freeing one dog alta time. This is very
necessary. because young dogs often
get the trace between their hind legs,
where 1t cuts to the bone. Aud they
ono and all will go visiting their
friends as they run, jumping in and out
among tine traces Then they fight and
the result is more mixed than q wet
fishing limo next morning A great deal
OF trouble can DO avoided by scientific
use OF the whip. Every Inutt boy
brides himself as being q master Of the
long lash; but II Is easy to flick at a
mark on the ground, and difficult to
lean forward and catch a sinking dog
Just behind the shoulders when the
sleigh il going at full speed. II you
call ono dogs name for visiting" aud
accidentally lash another the two will
fght at once and stop all the others.
Again. il you travel with companion
aud begin 70 talk, or By yourself and
sing. tho dogs will malt, turn around and
sit down to hear what you have 10 say.
Koluku was run away from once OF
twice by forgetting to block tho sleigh
when he stopped, and he broko many
lashin.s and ruined few thongs DO.
inra no could be trustcd with a full team
Of cigh, and light sleigh. Then ho iult
himself person Of consequence, aud on
smooth, black leo, with y bold heart and
n quick elbow, no annexed along over the
levels as fast as pack in full cry. lie
would 90 twenty miles to tho seal holes,
and when he was on his hunting ground
he would witch trace loose from the
pitu and free tho big black leader. who
ga, the cleyerest dog IN ,ha team. As
soon as tho dog had scented breathing
holu Koluko would royerso tho slOiRh,
driving n couple Of siwed-uli anuers
,hat stuck up like psrntnbulator han.
dies from the back rest dsup into tho
snow, so that the team could not got
away. Thon no would crawl forward
inch by inch and wait till the seal
camo up 10 breathe. Then he stab
bed down swiftly with his spear
aud running line, and presently would
haul his seal up TO tho lin Of the leo,
while tho black leader came up and
hcpcd TO pull tho carcass across the leo
to the sleigh. That was the line whom
tho harness dogs yelled aud iOnmnd
with excitement, aud kotnko laid tho
long LASH like a rod.lioi bar across their
faces till tho carcass iro6s still. Going
home was tho heavy WORK, THO loadgd
sleigh had to DO hulnorOd among the
rough leo, and tho dogs sal down aud
looked hunsrily at tho seal instead Of
pulling. At last they would striGo the
we'll worn sloIgh road to tho village,
aud toodla kiyi Along tho ringing leo,
heads down and tails no, while kotuko
struck up the "Angu tiyun tal'na tAu'
ma no.tainnn tho song OF tho returning