The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1900-08-29
LIVING N THE STONE AGE.
A New Eskimo Tribe Has
Just Been Found.
ALL DEAD TO THE WORLD
They Live Just as They Did When
They Emisrated From, Nobody
Knows Where-They Speak an IN.
known piaIeot-Remsrkabl People.

On a big island in Hudsons Bay "a
hitherto unknown tribe Of Eskimo has
been found.
Nhalers discovered them. aud the
authorities at the Museum of Natural
/ History in New York. hearing the
news. sent Captain G Gromer to in
! Vestieute them
lutil the last few months these pea.
| pie had never seen white man. The
Island which they inhabit is called
Southampton Island aud is almost ns
large as the state Of Maine II is at
| the northwestern end of HudsOn'S
| Bay. For centuries this tribe has not
/ had the slightest communication with
| other Eskimo. When discovered they
We're still living i'll the stone age, and
knew no metals until they We're intro
| dueed within year by visiting whal.
ers, and Ia day they live just as they
did when they first emigrated from
no one knows where Their residence
| probably antedates the discovery uf
America 10y Columbus
They speak dialect different from
| that Of any other known tribe. Their
huts are built of the skulls and jaws
of whales, covered over with skins of
animals Snow huts are the fashion
among other Eskimo.
In tie middle Of their primitive
dwelling stands tie stone lamp raised
a little from the groundl which lights
| tile home, heats il, cooks the food
serves for melting snow. driving
clothes aud the perfecting of SOME of
their weapons aud implements
| Among the Greenland Eskimo this
lamp is followed out of soapstone, but
ON Southampton Island the lamp is
made of n HAT piece of limestone
around the edge of which narrow
pieces Of limestone are glued. Their
| pots are made of the same material,
one slab serving as the bottom and
four others for the ends and sides OF
the quecrest square pot ever made.
The glue is made OF deers blood.
grease and fish roe. one glance AT the
inside of one of these pots lined with
this pitchy mass is enough to take
away white MANS appetite for n
week
mo the limestone lamp, WHICH Is an
oval foot or so wide and about two
! inches deep. Is put oil from whale blub-
Der The wick Is n piece of moss, The
! pot is placed over the lamp ON "A sup
| port, on which hangs a piece of blub
Der which melts from the heat and
feeds the lamp continually.
The dress of these people also differs
in design from that of other Eskimo.
| The women's clothing is made of the
skin Of the reindeer.
The members of this tribe live to-
gether by fishing and hunting, the
whale being the chief article OF diet.
| The bone harpoous they use are tipped
with Clipped tiints. ms we'll rs their
arrows and spears. The ingenuity
with which they utilize the whale
/ bone Is most surprising. Cups and buc.
! kets are made of il by bending it
| round and sewing on the bottoms
| Whalebone serves them for weapons
and Implements OF utility They even
press ii into service for making to
hogganlike sleds Some OF their sledg
Is are of walrus tusks as runners
and with deer's autlers as crosspieces
ON SO large an island as theirs there
! IS an abundance of game, such as the