The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-01-15
ESKIMO IS
E@XSCAND|NAvAN
Stefansson Believes. They
Descended From Early
Day Exploring Parties.

The emigration of a Scandinavian
colony from the southern coast OF
Greenland over to the mainland of
North America about four or five CEN
turtles ago may account for the blond
ness Of the Eskimo who were found
i nthe far north by v. stefansson, the
explorer on his second trip into that
country. Mt. stefansson spoke Of this
tribe last evening in his lecture at
the university and 1t was the most
interesting talk that he has given so
far. He had a large number of slides
which he has made fro mphotographs
taken on the expedition and those ad.
ded a great deal to the interest of the
lecture. According to the speaker a
pure blooded Eskimo has the COM
plexion, the eyes. the hair and the
features OF the Chinaman.
The talk last night was chiefly on
the third years work. The first: two
years Of the trip were spent in becom-
ing acquainted with the language and
the habits of the people in the north
ern part Of Alaska and along the Nc
kenzie river. Mr.. Stefansson and his
ten Eskimos succeeded In going over
100 miles farther east than any white
man had ever one before and he
has a good supply Of interesting
things to tell about the tribes that he
classes Of Eskimos. the partly civilized
and the uncivilized and the speaker
said that the latter class treated him
muc hbetter than the former.
Goes Without Salt.
The chief food used on this trip was
obtained by hunting animals such as
the caribou. the seal and the grizzly
and polar bears. He eve tasted salt
for over a year and after going with
out it for a few weeks he never felt
the need of it. The use Of salt he
claims is the same as the use Of to-
bacco or any narcotics. and people
"a live without 1t II necessary. The
Eskimos Of this region claimed that
they had never seen a white man he
fore and they did not recognize Mr..
Stefansson as n from what they had
heard from other tribes. They un.
derstood that the white man was like
themselves IN a great many ways. but
that he only had n " and that
the forehead. The first tribe Of
blonde Eskimos was found at Cape
Bexley on May 10, 1910. by Mr.. stef-
ansson and his party and like people
were found as far east as Hudson
bay. The light eyebrows. blue eyes
and curly hair arc Oome OF the char
acteristics that these people have:
Other explorers before Mr.. stefansson
have generally held that the Eskimos
are all dark and have nom Of the
characteristics that he tells Of and
for this reason he 10 sure that they
are entirely new to the white people.
Another peculiar thing about the
blonde tribes is that they did not have
any fish nets or guns like the other
Eskimos near Alaska, but their main
weapons were spears, harpoons and
the bow and arrows
Find Horton River.
1t was on this trip that Mr.. Stefans-
son succeeded in discovering the Hor-
ton river and nc has shown that 1t Is
Ia navigable stream for about 500
miles. The party. sofexplorers return
ed to Cape Perry In the spring Of
1910.
A special dinner was given this noon
ut the university commons by tho
members of the A. d. T. Literary So
ciety In honor of Mr.. Stefansson aa
he was a member Of that organiza-
ton while attending tn university.
A number of other informal dinners
have also been given for him. The
last talk In the series will be given
this evening In the gymnasium and
he will talk about the minds Of the
people In the far north.