The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-28

same proceedings takes place. Her sewing outfit, all her personal effects, her household utensils. and the little Iron lamp with its supply of blubber oil. are placed upon a clod beside the grave and with the dogs. they, too. await the resurrection of their mis- tress
 Eskimes Have .e Religion and no
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 Have the Eskimos no religionY asked. Have they. no recognition of . spiritual consciouness which will cutlivs the material sense of life7'
 Beyond firm. though hazy belief in a future happy hunting ground" answered MT. Peary, "the Eskimo have no religion. They have no oe- lief in q spiritual cause or God, but they seem to possess | keen and very alert consciousness of the devil--whom to propfuate is one of their unfailine duties. Being. like the poor. even with them. the Eskimo thinks that the devil should be treated with diploma cy Good angel, however. requires no such finessing. but is received and treated as an amaible and easy going guest, who, when he does come, Is quite content to take his place without any special homage being paid him. They have no written language, hence there is no Bible. Their religion is, practically. q, bundle of superstttlons handed down by word of mouth.
 If Eskim0s were Brought to This
 Country.
 I asked: Would it be possible for an Eskimo to take any place in this country?
 ''wero it not for climatic difticul- ties"answered MT. Peary. :. we would find in the Eskimo practical and efficient workers in thts country. The women would make expert. seam stresses They are unusually capable, especially with their fingers. Their life necessarily makes them so. for in the far North one family must be self-supporting and independent of any other for food, clothing. house or means of support. The man and his wife share in the duties of making and supporting the home In all its details.
 Were the men to come to the coun- try and put to work they would prove themselves experts in mechanical arts. for they are. like the Japanese, natural draughtsmen. skillful carvers and possess infinite patience. All this goes to show that, given proper en- vironment and opportunity. the Eskf- mos would make good and seif-sup- porting citizens of the civilized world" Some Results of the Last Peary Ex- , petition.
 F put my last question to Commander Peary, which was: What were the re- suits gained from this last expedition which previous expeditions failed to bring about?
 T have discovered a hitherto. un- known land northwest have also found unexpected ice conditions In the American half of the Central Polar Basin. conditions distinctly different from pre-conceWed theories regarding it. The theory for example. which the English expedition of 1876 advanced that it was "the ,eternally frozen sea, to use their picturesque phrasing. found. contrary to this. that the ice was very mobile and that 1t was constantly changing the position under the influences of the tides.
 50 far as the discovery of the un- expected, the. marvellous goes, I am not looking for them because I feel that they have already revealed them Selves to me. It Is now simply question of covering the remaining two hundred miles within the season when the Polar Sea is accessible While l did not attain this hoped for result on my last trip, it has been the most valuable one I have undertaken because I have gained through 1t the certainty of facts regarding this ever allurfns region of the frozen world which will, I hope, enable me to win the great prize itself"