The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-02-17

$3.50 As"sn4f hul2s t.ss=aE s<zer-<.
Hitting Gold Wind lH.,ars,. a.. IN.
psortng rart,-llss Wlu. = Ss-
pssiastio"--tioser I!e~s u the
Northern IAshts-uss Aa,s. and
His Kskimo arc KeAl l.,aa.~r-
Can kead Small rrtas a. alaA,x,,,
tCorespoadeaeo Q; lac Casz....s.
Enterprise,
On The Ies. Es4 lsIu
We air maxim As@asa aga- saa.
heAd~ay. The ice a. sAs wa.tsux
air sreoat aE GUIDE az sc Az sa.,sxt.
an Nc air siFaiaIa esog, ncf,s ta
reach the Pole before a., xrya,
change takes place.
Bob stepped !uto = aaa.! Asls IN
the Ice yesterday az p4Ae4 u ono
oS hiz shoea. Tho aAoVa aaz nailed
on by u blacksmith a. Nez York
just before ! sailed fer this region.
Fortunately Re had ANAL hammer
on the sleigh. al / managed 10 rs-
place the shoe al Cil1cA lie aAll.
after a fashion in tbs une1plofea
region a man must lAgn AL the
trades an the tricks o. The trade
While | can't be absolutely sure, I
believe that We air uoH sell ulthln
q hundred miles ov The North Pole.
Under forced march. witA 1ieiKh
gradually CROWN lighter. an xitA
better ice. that IL. not 80 rough, ws
air maxim from fifteen TO eighteen
miles per day. possibly little more.
IL we hev no bad luck. al IL hit DO
not more than IS or 50 mlies. xs
ought 10 get thar In fve or ElI days.
Ov course | may be mistaken Al TO
the distance. but when 4 man ia look
in fer a thing an IL real anxious TO
find hit. he either looks on the dark
side or else he IL very hopeful At
this moment | wouldn't take thous-
reachin' the North Pole, But hit
may be that after traYelln' another
day or two Ill be feelln' iust the
other way. Ny Eskimo companion
seems TO be very human. too. At
times he IL hopeful. cheerful In
another hour. after a cold blast cv
wind hez subsided. be will be smilin'
and jabberin' Eskimo at me. can't
understand q word oy Eskimo an he
knows hit. But | reckon bit makes
him feel better. so do no, complain.
Awl the English my Eskimo knows
liz bits ov words be laTned from the
members ov American exploration
parties. Az the English language In
the only one that IL worth much. fnr-
liners soon pick hit up. But al Eng
lishman or an American hez 10 90 10
college four years 10 larn any other
language, an then, az rule they
can't speak over a dozen words cor
rectly the day they leave the college
Five years later they don't know
anything about the French or Ger
man language, an they don't know
enough Latin 10 az fer drink o'
water In that language.
The glitter ov the Ice. the same
ness oy the views here air hard on
the eve. We wear specs with eoiored
glasses In them. 10 protect the eye !
brought two pair along an leaned
one to my Eskimo. He Tuz AesnAIIy
afeared to put them on at nrst But
after a trial one day. be wuz ths
proudest crltter you ever saw. hs
calls them great eyes," not being
able TO say spectacles in Engliah ana
don't suppose the Eskimos hsr any
9ui,abIe word fer things they never
saw before.
Al times We thought We saw soms
hills far to our left. Once rooe
ont oy the way a bit TO see IL hit vefs
true But I soon learned that Ill
.,,,z q mistake. We air out oT sits
nv awI land an wili probably nos
ses ANYTHING ov the sort until We ss'
..rost this bay or whatever bit II
Itba, iz nov nothln' but . vast eak'
/ 90 ,erne,yal ice. On the shore o'
this sea or near the ssore. / e1pee'
to and the North Pole. the might,
| but unknown sentinel that hsz stooe
- gu.yd duty in that region fe
thousands ov years.
j A. ax1 oy the water We drink
!. ,raA hv meItin' Ice. you would 81
meet TO ind bit salty. that IL II hi' .
saa tee But bit iz not That IL Al
o,her nrobIem fer the scieniine saa
eagar IN. Possibly what appear
, IN he a part oy the ocean may 20
/. 1T, IN the beginnin' a great lake Q
,-esh water, something Ike LAk
Erie. for instance. one ov tne eh1l
ov great lakes found In the nortnei
no,t,on oy the United States IL tni
soes no, explain the matter then !
At the end oV my rope. But aiu
Apeerin' on hit little more. l y
-escbed another theory. Perna
,bese Ice fields are or we're on
ocean an after the hrst great Tree.
wbIcb wuz not followed By tnA
. grsat SHOWS or rains fell an Al on
q So mon the sea-ice until this tfe'
: water fee hez reached dsp.n
: many feet an now the surfaee y =
arac,ed by the salty Ice underneatl
go INV meltin' the surface Ice nc
nenoe' " -. .nx salt. So far a.