The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-04-23
GREAT NAV az GREENLAND.
Something th.af she Eskimo Mill
iianairs.- kas-ka-sa.

When tke Arctic Whaling fsee1 returned
frSssn the pasth sass season IL Drought wafa
,aa; kar-ks-sa had plaos8 new wia6aw
81 his house as matter el news in
eraiaary huisdiag circles lhss would fsss
aaoticed bal 10 those wha have trstF-
eied where the san Shines 81 midnight ths
Intelligence Is extremely Interesting
For decade af years the craving opss-
lence Of keg Ao-sa. otherwise kEaawn as
''ths Eskimo millionaire" has neea
Watched with great curiosity rs tbs Wnai-
srs and The occasional explorer. RE has
lang been knuwn as a thrifty maa, as
thrift goes n the Aycgle rSgsons, bat It
N only 90 las- thaf ais FargNne has as
sumed really wonderful proportions
1t Is said that as now owns na fewer
than seven kayaks and y fun two score ~
oone-tipp.i paddles. His stock OF 6stsb-
eer for the winter az lNs.-4s consisted os
over sixty parcels weighing Ice pounds
each. In addition To this .se sold 10 trad
ers hail as many. receiving in part pay
meni the new window already mentioned,
His thirty dogs are all crossed with the
New FoGndland breed. which makes then
especially valuable for hauling purposes.
and Of a better flavor as aa article of tsIes
in time IF famine az sealskias, fox
skins hearskius, raw elderdown feathers.
whaIeboHe. norghal ivory and reindeer
hides ne has enough 20 keep him In plenty
.or some years.
But IL is in wives that he la considered
richest. In his home igloo up on the west
ern shore AZ Baffin hay ae has ten, all pssr-
Iicuiariy strong Or Jaw, aF4d able to keep
Kor-ko-yas stock af clothing eser soft ans!
piiahle. The importance OF tais Will be lsn-
derstood when the Eskimo custom Of
chewing skins is understood.
koP ko-ya WAS acrn in ISL at a small
native settlement short distance north
OF what is how the Dauish TOWN of Julian
ehaab in Greenland. He left his home al
early age and crossed Baffin has. max
ing hrs igioo with another srIae famous as
hunters Of seal, He was known 80 some
of the early explorers and acted guide
and Grief teamsman Ia them.
He attracted notice even ia his senns
as thrifty youth. and from that lifne be-
came prominent among the Eskimo. Saw
ing Is an unknown arr 10 the Indians af
the Arctic regions and il IS seldom that
they accumulate enough 10 last them
throughout the long winter. Certain rales
OF the tribes make Z Incumbent upon them
10 help their needy uelgiIhnEs. and far
that reason the individual members neg
lect TO las By stores for the morrow
koT-ko va beNane an exception He
was skiilfpl hunter and shFewa trader
and. before he Was -. his main tzioo be-
came the center of the village In regard
To fittings and atsractiyeneSS. The tribe
10 which he had attached himself was one
OF the largest and most influential ~ that
part ~ tire country, and by his twenty
nffh year kor-ko-ya WAS recognized
the head OF Il. i, is said shat men came
80 miles 10 consult him In affairs of the
chase and trade.
He became well known 10 the hardy
w1alers. and today his doings form sub-
ject OF comment and interest la more than
one country And that IL why the news
thai he had placed another window ia his
house was carried over sma miles Of ice
and water. 10 be discussed over pipes and
ale In u dozen oIvillzee. ssaporss.