The DeLand weekly news. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1887-190?, 1906-05-04
IN EcY CREEELAKR.
BoyhSOd Customs In the God SartIs-
a Good Hunter az SiK Sears
Of Age.

2 little man. W hrvond the bOunla.
ries OF Uncle Sans own land. So
sgranEe.y, inGCel. that ne Is really a
little nan yoars before the American
m0tncrs "ll,Jle maa- has deveIoped
inIO her 'Iis 10y"
Just as sOOn as che first son Of n
west oOast Of Greenland Eskimo IA
been NeaRcd. In his fourth year. ~
laiAer had placed ia has hands tor
bird darts and haEpOOns.
Play With them long. little one
the providcnt faiLer cautioned viz
Life Is hard In The land ol the e,e.naI
sn01s, ana Il vii - only q short
time before thou Walt be called ON A
90 thy fun share IA aghting for he
suslelance VI lie family
For the next five years the ehilA.
With a cunning bred Ia him. throu b
20 one k-0Us how many reneratioas.
rrCpt noise .essly upOE small birds. even
ringing them down with stones when
lie tired Of plying his darts. Ills skiu
IN this direction grew - wonderfully
hat his litgle hands soon learned %
throw unerr nEly his diminutive hnr-
poon az birds swimming In the fnlsss
or into the black l1Iies Of seals
lowed by his father. coming HON. n
his kaiak from TIE hunting fields e
the SEA
The Little Eskimo Nan.
The boy + now eleven years old. Fog
two years be has sTali a large part a
bis time pa! ms kaiak man In his fatA-
er's kalsk- NON las father. having
proudly watched has son gradually San
a good working know ledge OF the boat.
has decided 10 have ! kaiak built fOr
the boy.
50 the father takes his scn 20 tAs
shore and they ala along Il for .
distance Of several miles. gathering
drift wood. the boy meanwhile being To-
stTueted IN the art Of selecting the
proper Kind q material Tor the fEamo
Of kaiak.
That afternoon. with the little man
lending a helping hand now and tho.
the big man puts together the ribs q
the boat Bright and early the follow
ing morning the GOy mother and her
friends. all ChaJtCring Eaily. stretch
over the ribs a hne seal skin. mado
pliable by much dilieent chewing en
tho mothers part A. they stretch q
they sev Il in place. 50 that when the
last stitch l. talea the skin Is tam
everywhere: the kaiak perfect In every
detail
The father Is nightly pleased. aRd
be shows u ~ passing around hot cd.
fee 10 all those who have worked on the
kaiak- While this g. Icing drunk. tho
child struts into their midst a vcrie
able bundle Of skins. lie has on q
timinutiye wholcjacket. with a hoea
over his head. the sleeves have mitfena.
his boots reach 20 his hips over Skta
trous'rS The only part % his log
exposed Is his eyes and roundabout
by this time the father has placea
In their TcspeCtiIe positions on the
katak lance. haTpOOn bladder. cOilea
haTpoOn line. kalak katie. bladdersiart.
lird-daTt. throwing licking haTpOoa.
The bOy lays hold 81 he kaiak, ana
vith = lazy shout Lauls Il 10 tia
waters edge. IL thrusts his less 10
tie rounl hole in tic middle, meant
lOr the purpose. He finds. as sLOgt
20 the case. that the Opguing Is Just
the circumference Of lis tLis.S Ia
jlhy be fast,us tie IOitOm OF kis
whOlejacket 20 the lIilA ring AROUND
the rim Of the hole anl raised slighily
above II. lie makes quick movement
with his twO-blalc1 paddle. and j. "a
,0r his initial v0yase H. LA very own
Laiak.
yalus Of rs Training.
ROuEh Is the scA Sr,, tie little
man" iltjlCs Ea....sl 10y With the
waves Tor tle l,tl,r I4II % hse mia
u,es, Il4.us Them iIag a dayk. Thea
he unexpectedly lu., himself In the
trough Of tie sla-aud ne ntxt In
staAt The Laiak l. D., ora eide up ana
the boy l. hanging had downward IN
ne water.
But the little nan has not Played
about his fathers kaiak IN vain A.
ne feels tie boat Capsizing be scines
one cad Of his paddle ia his TigAt hand
and Nith the lcfl he grasps the shan
as near the Middle as his short aTms
All let him A. he holds kis breath
for dear life. he PLACES The pAddls
alOng the kalaks eide. with the pad
lies free end pOiating toward the lOu.
Pushing this end sharply cut 10 the
side and bcndiEg his bOty well fOT-
ward toward the inverted deck. he
makes q strong. circular sweep OG the
paddle-and presto: here he 10 AGAIN
right side NJ and with not a drop %
water In his kaiak OF bgnrath his ska
elOihing. Fer this dry conliti0n he has
70 thank the chap who long aEO con-
cCive1 the iiea % fasi enlng the lotion
Of the Nholcj lrket TO q kAiAk ring.
ani 90 his mother for loyiugly making
lis sea sOing gaTmcnts waterproof
Twice more. before BE- points MS
craft, built somewhat like a srull not
whit broader. ant even more din
cult to keep aa0at IN the ronEh water.
tosard the watchers On the shore. ~
rOes under. but rights himself eaeA
tine On a moment. lie lands expertly.
unfastens lis uholeja-ket. lifts him
self proudly ont ~ his heat. and. shak-
Ing hinECf like \ rupry. runs gzily
toSaTd his father and mother.
In \ short while" says the father
proudly. -ihoa Wilt be able 10 riEht