Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-02-15

of by horse sled as is usually
the case.
1t is daylight now about s a.
m. and gets dark at S p. m. We
get up about 8 or 9::30 a. m.,
get breakfast, and a big one
too; eat again about 5 or s p.
M. and retire at IL p. m. We
sometimes eat a lunch before
retiring, but two meals a day
is the rule here for those who
are not working. One Of the
staple articles Of diet is beans.
We have a kettle full on the
stove all the time. The more
YOU cook them the better they
are. A pot lasts US about four
days, We use the Bayo beans
gtovn in California AMI they
arc very fine. Canned goods
are mostly three for a dollar.
some two for a dollar. We eat
lots of rice, also prunes occa-
sionally; Cream of Wheat every
morning, not a dish but a plate
full. 1t is very fine with con-
densel cream, which we use
without diluting. 1t is a little
thicker than ordinary cream.
One part to two Of water makes
ordinary milk. We use a can a
day of it. 1t costs 81 for four
dozen.
l do some work among the
Esquimeaux and expect to get
some furs in exchange later on.
If | get some white fox l will
send some home and you can
have them mounted at my eX-
pense for boas or collarettes,
whatever you call them. If |
had the money to snare | would
have sent you a polar bear skin
that Barthrop got on his trad
ing voyage to Siberia. They
make a fine rug, and after be-
ing mounted are worth $500 or
S400. Outside up here the raw
skin is worth about $75 or $1O0
for a good one.
/ went to a dance here the
other night and enjoyed the
music very much, also met the
ladies of the camp. AS women
are scarce up here it is consid-
cred improper for them to stay
away. Candle has no church.
There is a mission on the luna
chuck. The natives here hold
church every Sunday and do
not work on that day, but they
10 not work any day unless
they need the money. They
are honest as rule and if you
cheat them they find it out and
never forget it. ] heard one
tell a man of the schooner
/" Adler" who had paid the ma
tives in flour for their work.
"No work for you; flour plenty
wet: plenty stink coal oil.
The language up here is diff
fe~eat from the Cape Prince
Wales dialect. but many words
are the same or similar. Many
native words are used in talking
among the white people, such
as "gocatch me a sack Of coal"
etc, coup cinik," how much;
"arlegah," good Especially in
gambling } There are many
people here who have heen to
sea. Some have married Es-
quineau women.
The natives are very intelli-
gent and are good mechanics
They make their own skates
and many other things they
use. The women are very in
dustrious. They make parkees
fur sweaters), mucklucks for
The feet, and sell them to the
white men. Most of them
around here eat "white mans
grub" mixed with native grub.
They are very dirty. Several
families live in one iglo and
when a gang of natives come
from some other place to trade
they take them in till it is so
crowded you can hardly move.
Imagine such a place for a
sick person. | have one native
that | think ] will have to do a
thigh amputation on for tuber-
culosis of knee joint or thigh
bone. Am figuring on doing it
at the mission. It is a bad job
to tackle alone but | will have
to make the best of what help
| can get.
Navigation will be open in
July and everybody will be at
the sand spit July 4, waiting
for the first boat. Tney will
crowd the road house there till
you will have to go to bed at z
o'cloclx +o crat hod A road