New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1909-09-15

Without Him Pole Hunting WOULD
Be Very Difficult.
HARD WORKER, BUT DIRTY.
Plenty of Water Around His Land, bu,
None Of 1t Ever Touches Him-Arctic
Air Keeps Northern Men In Coco
Health.

siSoISIls
In spite of their differences regard.
Ing the discovery Of the north pole and
other matters, in one thing Commander
Peary and DR.. Cook are in thorough
agreement. With the other men who
nave sought ''farthest north" records
they declare that expeditions to or to-
ward the pole would be almost if not
quite impossible without the aid Of the
EskimOs. Almost all Of the long line
of arctic explorers have fully acknowl-
edged their Indebtedness to the men
of the north for their familiarity with
arctic conditions and their willingness
to work as sledge drivers and burden
bearers.
The only true Eskimos on this con.
tinent live on the west coast of Green.
land from Upernavik to Etah, in the
heart of the arctic, less than TOO miles
from the pole, where SO many fearless
explorers have spent their long, dark
winter night before the final dash on
foot and sledges over ice and hum.
mocks of ice.
With all their virtues of industry,
honesty, peaceableness and docility
the Eskimos are the filthiest people in
the world. They never wash, not even
face and hands. The smell of thei1
fur clothing and secretions from the
skin causes an odOr about their per.
sons, and especially in their igloos and
tents, that is unbearable to tenderfeet.
Living in hutS Of stone or ice in
winter, in sealskin tents in summer.
Eski1nos never marry in the sense we
use this word, but mate like animals.
Swapping Of mates for an indefinite
time is common. Eskimos are the
most widely scattered people on the
globe, dwelling together in small
bands. without central authority or
government. There are less than 49,
600 Eskinos all told.
Safe From Many Diseases.
Eskimos live almost entirely on raw
animal food, and this explains the
absence of a number of diseases which
are common to civilization. Scurvy, so
common and deadly among early polar
CApAOlCIS, ID lOldllS uuhilOW ii dIuOuS
EskimOs who eat raw meat. This raw
food also explains the absence of en-
larged tonsils, glands and goitre. Their
perfect, splendid teeth and strong low
err jaws mark them completely carniv-
OrOuS. The exclusion of vegetable food
has shortened their intestine, and in
digestion is unknown. One would
cause biliousness, ETC., but the large
percentage of oil in their food acts as
a gentle laxative and protects them
against all harm The Eskimo eats
with relish old rotten blubber that
would stagger buzzard
Consumption is unknown among the
EskimOs in the north, nor is there any
skin or bone form Of tuberculosis, but
when brought to the United States
they contract consumption in most vir-
ulent form. Of six brought to New
York all contracted the disease in less
than six months. One who returned
to his arctic home made quick cure
1t is we'll known that the long arctic
winter, with its depressing effects Oh
body and mind, often upsets the best
balanced nervous system, even of the
natives. But this hysteria vanishes
with the summer. Explorers have suf-
fered in the same way, and two have
committed suicile. In summer Eski
mos get so full blooded that nose,
bleeding is very common.
All degenerative diseases that cause
zation are absent from the Eskimos
The pure, sterile arctic air contains nc
germs. but the natives invariably take
bad "ship cold' when they go aboard
white mems ships. Nature acts the
good sanitarian In the far north and
shuts the door against all disease
germs. The use Of remedies either in
side or out is unknown. Wounds hea
up at once without mattering. All tu
mOrs, warts and cancers are unknown
WaIrus Hunting Is PeriIous.
The large number of children and
lusty young widows shows the dangers
of walrus hunting. The kayak, in
which the hunting is done, is a very
=, frail craft The Eskimo can't swim
: The wounded walrus tears or sinks
the little skin canoe, and widow, chill
dren and relatives become common
charges.
At distance it is difficult to distin.
guish an Eskimo man from his mate
as the sexes dress similarly. The out
er clothing consists of trousers and a
coat fitting close to the body and GOV
ering the head by a prolongation OF
the coat, like a hood. The clothing is
made of the skins Of seals, land ami
mails and birds. Some of the southern
Eskimos have been Christianized, and
their mode of life has been brought
somewhat into conformity with civil
lied ideas. The great majority Oh
them, however, believe in crude form
of nature worship and hero veneration
First Case of September Strawberries
The first September strawberries