The sun., 1919-03-23

their snow village on the sea ice OF
Dolphin and Union Straits, which
separate the continental American
arctic coast from a great island, Vic
foria Island, on the north. He now
narrates his journey to that island
and describes the strange Eskimo
race that he found there.
BY VILHJALMUR STEFANSSON.
~ UR very first days with the
Dolphin and Union Straits
Eskimos, who never had been
touched by what we call civilization.
grounded firmly in my mind the I'M
preston which a year Of further asso-
citation with them was destined to do
nothing to weaken-that they are the
equals OF the best of our own race In
good breeding, Kindness and the sub
stantiaI virtues. They were men and
womeY5aS the Stone Age truly, but they
,Sdfffefed little from you or me or from
the men and women who are our
friends ard families. The qualities
which we call Christian virtues (and
which the Budihists no doubt call
Buddhist vlrtues") they had In all
their essentials.
They are not at all what theorist
might have supposed the people OF the
stone Age to be, but the people OF the
stone Age probably were what these
their present day representatives are
men with standards Of honor. men
with friends and families, men In love
with their wives. gentle to their chill
dren and considerable OF the feelings
und welfare Of others.
II we can reason at all from the
present to the past we can feel sure
that the hand Of evolution had written
.he Golden Rule In the hearts OF the
CONTEMPORARIES OF the mammoth mil
,enniuns before the Pyramids were
built. At least that is what I think.
have lived with these so-called
primitive people until "savages" and
ell the kindred terms have lost the
vivid meanings they had when / was
younger and got all my ideas at second
hand; but the blank thus made in this
picturesque part OF my vocabulary
mas been made up to me by ne"
realization of the fact that human
nature is the same not only the world
over but also the ages through.
The hospitality resembled that which
might have expected in my owr
country in most details. and also ir
this that they took equal care to en-
terrain us and not TO weary us by toe
much entertainment: and after few
DAVIS they seemed to get great dea
of satisfaction out of their opportunity
a, wulding US on q visit to their neigh
bors.
No doubt II was a matter OF pride
y.o them. to have the opportunity o
Introducing such unusual visitors. bu
think they also thought they wer'
Sotrrsy III a ,ze-yice, and selt IN. .tha
the same satisfaction we feel In doing
O 5ervice to friend.
Looking for SNOW Villages.
po,ptin and Union Straits at thi
YoInt are about as wide as the English
channel. and their village lay nearl!
an the middle, on the elk foot thicl
solid ice. n during one OF the Ic'
b. Ages the English Channel was eve
! frozen over the paleoiithic Frenchmel
NJ that dsy may have crossed afoot o
nv sheds TO visit their friends In Brit
ain MS we crossed to Victoria Island.
They may even have stopped on tn
rood from Calais to Dover on the ic
halfway between at such a village a
,ra, of our host. Like our Eskim
Sy,ends. too, they nay not have know
maj Britain was an island. although
1rita,n Is far smaller than Victori
Island.
was accompanied by Natkusial
ond one local mar only. Finding tn
,eorest Eskimo village is not Away
the simple matter It is to go from tn
city to a suburban town. The villages
20 begin with. are never permanent
nor are they built In any recognize
n,acos. and billiards may nearly o
nuI.e ebIiterate The trails to them.
Al first half tho village wanted I
accompany US. but common opinio
.,ycrr,iicd this. Tor It was pointed on
4 tina, a large parb would soon eat GU
Y sosts out Of hSis9 and home IL W
nappened TO ant n pm when the hun
had not been pfrti iiarly successful.
Wa went cad but ave miles Il
~ found eomdsnl Nv houses descrte
rsrhAps ~ ~ before The ss~