The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-02-16
rsAar,s SQUAD IN GOTHAM.
Eskimos Studying American Manners
and Methods.


and Methods.
New York Corr of the Chicago Chron-
Surrounded by all the comforts of CIV
iliZation and free from all care or work.
a half dozen Eskimos are living in New
York city. The great municipality has
them in charge. They have nothing to
do except to eat as many meals as they
possibly can, sleep as long as they
want to and learn American methods.
They occupy cottage at High Bridge
that is, when they are not invalids ana
confined in Bellevue nospital-and there
their wants are provided for.
Nukta, Conlaoshuk. Mony and kushu
were at the cottage the other day, but
now Kushu is again at Bellevue to re-
ceive medical treatment. At the hospi-
tal Also are his wife Aughai and his
daughter Auwea. The six came down
with Lieutenant r. f. Peary 1t is ex-
pected that they will return with him
this summer, and then they may nave
wonderful stories to tell about this land
of ours. They are apt imitators OF what
they see, and although they have not
yet adopted the necktie they may re-
turn as full -fiedged dudes and put on
all the airs of aristocracy.
Their personal appearance is such at
first glance as to lead one to believe
that they are Indians. Their cast or
countenance and the long, thick, black
hair would lead somewhat to conflr-
nation of this theory. They are bright,
quick to pick up words in the English
language The little fellow Mony Is the
pet in the family of Superintendent
Wallace of the Museum of Natural His
tory who has them in charge.
When they arrived last fall they
brought with them their native dress
and a queer assortment of things In
their travelling bags" When they
80; ,Ixy tn the ESkinO
tongue could not tell fast enough the
wonders they saw. They have now
been placed in a more quiet place, free
from the noise and hurlyburly, and
more to their satisfaction.
Some remarkable stories are told
about them. Their natural taste for
blubber and greasy articles is undimin-
ished. When they began to have meats
and such things set before them one
grabbed al a shoe and began to lick the
grease off that. One of the young
bloods'' was particularly struck by the
visit of a woman reporter He Kept
following her along while she was en-
| deavoring to bid them goodbye.
Kushu has picked up few stock
words When the meteorite that Lieu
tenant Peary brought with him was be-
ing unloaded he heard the words, All
right. Go ahead" so many times that
when the photographer had him posed
he waited until just before the exposure
was to be made and said, "All right.
Go ahead" He has also learned the
phrase, Come again tomorrow and
if some visitor particularly pleases him
he says. Come again Tomorrow They
have learned that people always shake
with the right hand. visitor calling
to see him extended his right hand.
Kushu put out his left and pointed to
a sore on the right as an apology. In
| the matter of dress they try to be as
much like Americans as possible and
initiate them as much as possible. Mony
| Is the particular favorite, and he is rap
| idly learning to talk English.
The weather has been their greatest
source of distress and suffering. The
/ change of climate has been hard for
| them to bear When the last snow
came on Kushu, looking out from the
hospital ward, said, "Schnow piu.
! That is his word for "all right" 1t is
! said that he drinks three pitchersful
/ of ice water every day and sometimes
| complains that it is not cold enough
| Auwea, the girl, is as bright as Mony
| She says she prefers Bellevue to Labra-
dor. She has fitted up with old dolls
and bits of calico a miniature hospital ir
! one corner of her ward. Some of the
| dolls are nurses and some are patients
One of the patients the other day was
suffering from hip disease and had Il
have weights attached to her ankles
The next day the nurses found tive
weights tied onto one of the dolls. Whef
asked why it was she gravely replied
She hip disease" The Eskimos have
made many friends and their departure
| for Labrador will be regretted