The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-06-12
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Only TIVE or the six survIVo and Ope ef The1s
nat. NAV Net Go Hack.

n HoS. May Net &c BACK.
"Esuuimaux in Now York will soon be mighty
scarce said Matt Henson. who ID tho active
assistant OF Arctic Explorer II. Il. Poary. Four
Of the six Esquimaux brought hero by Mr..
Poary have diod. When tho Esquimnux party
reached New York 1t consisted Of the following:
AhlungahnaksoNh. who lie 40 years old; tho lie
tie boy Mini, who is 8 years old; Nooktah. "a
years old; Ah.weAh, Nooktah's daughter, .
years old; Kcssuh. 80 years old, ana his orothors
Little" Kessuh. 81 years old.
All but tho first two have died. 1t was eVt
dent that the climate here did not agree with
them. and four succumbed at last to a sort OF
consumption which was very quick. Whon
they came here the party was put In charge OF
Superintendent wallace OF tho Museum OF
Natural History. and the EsquimauK were que
on exhibition, 80 to speak, in the museum
building in Manhattan square. While they
were there they were subjected TO a careful
examination under DIR. Boaz, who found GUS
many things of astrological interest.
There had been, as DIR. Boar said. several Ess
uuimaux In the country. and a great deal had
been written about them by explorers, but the
observations at tho museum proved useful In
corroborAtinH evidence gathered in exploration
and from observation Of the E%sQuimaux at the
Carlisle Indian School, at New Bedford. Mass,
at tho Worlds Fair at Chicago and at other
places where these people of the Polar region
had been temporarily.
While at the museum all of the EsQuimauX.
with the exception OF Mini, the little boy, be-
came i'll with what the doctors thought wac
grip. and Mr.. Wallace moved the whole party
up to his home in Highbridge and gave them u
house away from tn dust and bacilli of the
city. There they were put in charge of a young
Elsqpimaux woman who had come here from
ried and made up her mind TO stay hero.
The Esquimau1 improved at first, but soon
Bellevue Hospital. While they wcro at the hos.
pitai Nooktah, little Minis father, died. and
Little Mini was kent at HiKhbridge' and the
other three were sent to Coblcskili, n. Y, TO
the one with the longest name and the oldest OF
the party. recovered, but the two bearing the
name of kessuh died.
Ahlnngahnaksoah is on board the yacht Wind
ward, which was presented to Lieut.. Pcary
Tompkinsville. Staten Island, for some time.
The man is going to his HON" near Cape York,
going back. He mas mSde quite a hit" with
his new friends, and it Is not unlikely that he
men and make his home in this country.
Up,in Hlghbridge Mini is the idol OF the Wal
with little Willie Wallace. In ali sorts Of sports
he is sure to be an adept, for he Is as strong as
the average boy three years older and Is as
ing to ride the bicycle and in PLAYING baseball.
e Sps he tS sSscs lied 1, tipIsll is,,d 1T i in n. hi%ntijR nS,i h0w;
serve him best. Give him n bow or a small air
gun and no will wander in tho woods for hours.
He is becoming accllmatcd in all senses OF The
word, oven to having his hair clipped n little
shorter than he ever saw hair in his own land.
In his few months stay he has learned enough
OF the English tongue to carry on conversation
with his friends.
The man, however, who is on peary's yacht
Windward wants TO 20 homo. and he Is SO
AFRAID he'll get loft behind that he refuses to
leave the boat. lie is doing very we'll under tho
care Of Matt Henson. who knows Just what food
the man ought 10 have. The skeletons of the
four EsquimauX who died. their bodies having
been turned over to the College of Physicians
and Surgeons for scientific Investigation, will
be preserved.