The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-29
DEATH OF THE ESKIMO, APPLE.
HIS DAUGHTER BROUGHT HERE
BY PEARY YEARS AGO.
She Sent for Him and Others to People
the Eskimo village 1t tho Chicago
Fair-IIe and She and Her Two Chill.
dren Have Appeared At Many shO VS..

She Sent for Him and Others to e0ple
the Eskimo village 1t tho Chicago
Falr-IIe and She and Her Two Chill.
dren Have Appeared At Many shows.
APPLE, the most widely travelled Eskimo
In the world. Is dead. An old tumor and a
weak heart brought him to his end In Brook
Ign last Saturday, and he will be buried
to-day. He leaves a wife, daughter
and two granddaughter, all playing in
the north Pole to New York; show at
Coney Island.
His daughter, Esther Smith, was the
first Of the family to visit the United States.
Lieut.. Peary brought her down years ago
She was young girl then; she had acted
as his interpreter among her people, the
Labrador Eskimos, and had nursed him
through an illness. The Greenland Eskimo
whom Peary brought down died Of con-
sumption and pneumonia, but Esther liked
the climate 80 we'll that she stayed as care
taker OF the Peary country home. Then
the Chicago worlds fair came along and
some one suggested an Eskimo village to
Esther. She sent for her father and mother
and six Others OF the tribe. That was
Apiles first appearance in this country.
The Eskimo village was great success.
Before that Esther had married a white
man named Smith At the Fair, their first
baby was born-a girl 1t was the nine
days wonder OF the Midway and Mrs. Pot
ter Palmer named 1t Nancy Columbia.
APPLE went back to Labrador after the
Fair saying that he was sick OF the white
mans ways. He didn't stay long. The
show business was too easy a graft. In
a year or two the family was back again,
travelling with the Forepaugh circus. And
since that time they have shown at every
worlds fair-Paris, Buffalo, and st. Louis.
After their Paris season they showed for a
while in Spain. They were bid for for
the Lewis and Clark Exposition in Oregon,
but were offered q better engagement at
Coney Island and accepted that. APPLE
had already played the season OF 1902 at
Coney Island.
Several years ago. while he was playing
an engagement at Huber's Museum, APPLE
fell in with Harlan I. Smith, Of the Museum
Of Natural History. Smith gave him
exhibits and used him for a series Of an
thropological studies. Smith learned from
APPLE how far the Eskimos can count and
what are their ideas Of color, locality and
Of APPLE and his wife These, clothed In
native garments are on exhibition at tho
museum.
When APPLE settled down in Brooklyn
last winter to await the opening OF the
Coney Island season. he was In very poor
health. An operation was performed on
his old tumor but 1t left him weak. He
was 70 years old and life in a climate to
which he was not accustomed had told on
him. He failed steadily until . heart attack
carried him of on Saturday.
The body is at Merritt's chapel In West
Twenty third street. from which the funeral
will be held to-day. with hearse and hacks
of an American funeral The widow and
the family showed at Coney Island last
night as usual.
you see, said Esther Smith, who speaks
perfect English. I'VE had been expecting
it for long time. Nine of us came from
Labrador to the Chicago fair, and my father
is the first to die. The Greenland Eski-
mos in this country all die Of consump-
ton, but I taught our people how to take
care Of themselves"