Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-10-04

This has been urgent huflnaaa alafs
traders and explorers have pfehfl
farther and farther into ihf arctic
regions ~ Canada Occasionally iNNF
bring back word ~ 4 murder lN lh4
q .ata ~ civilization. f0mtiNNf
white maa la The victim Az nHF
case. when the Canadian tinfsfnnt
hears ~ these tragedies. a iipnitNaH
patrol ~ The mounted pliNs riiN
orders 10 investigate w ie hfiNN tafA
the offender
a realistic film ~ such a. esutHl.
tion would have - pftflgt HmNy
eyN.y scene with "sir months latter"
IN one case me patrol whlrh rfnssas
Canada every two yrnfs hfoufhf word
Of a murder IN the faf North a
member Of the mounted police was
sent out to get the guilty Eskimo.
After travelling a year and a hsf
over Zee and snow, through bilyyards.
with long stops when the weather
IL Z travel impossible. he caught one
Eskimo responsible FOR the trouble.
But there was another. ne had no
way 70 carry and guard q prisoner
over long traii. farther into the
North. 50 he left the native there,
trusting 20 the Eskimo band % hold
him until the return. He got the
other man. picked up the nrst cap-
tive and got back 70 headquarters
after being gone four years.
The result of all that persistence
and hardship--ioneiiness. discomfort,
monotony--was that the two Eskinnos
were acquitted on the grounds that
the murdered man had terrorized The
people That is story typical u the
northern Canadian country.
The Esklmos.
The native prisoners, however. DO
not always 60 free. There is a strong
sentiment that an Eskimo who breaks
the white mans laws should be put
. in jail az an example 70 the others
This example method r. slow work
considering that the Eskimos some
times never hear word from outside
e the tribe for months. There are about
2 5000 people 70 over million square
e miles In the Northwest territories.
The situation is sometimes further
I complicated by the family o. the &C.
? cused. Some Of the Eskiuos live n
Z. hand 20 mouth existence and the head
2 Of the family is. the only proviaer. TO
Z b ep the family from starving. an Of
I fender in this case may be paroled IN
a country that he knows for miles
= around like book. where Il would be
easy enough to slip away and join
lanother tribe under another name. The
parole system does work very well
however
Once the Eskinaos understand tht
r. white mans laws about murder and
n theft, they are responsive They gG
"a farther and adopt some Of the Whit
" mans ways as well. Guns, for in.
sr stance, are rapidly being distributed
n 70 the Eskimo bands by traders 4
IN constable of the mounted police re-
Gently reports that 20 his surpris.
lg Practically every native on the main
&c land IL the owner of a rife, now Man.
m bows and arrows were offered % u
- as curios. but we were unable @
ed carry Them"
= Wide use ~ guns by the natives
4, having results not altogether dnsir
4, able. fn some districts. game wnir
" was plentiful when hunted Hiih .h
40 bow is dwindiiuE dangerously uht
~ pursued with fhn Flnu Wild HHN
IA the natives da nnt have ia HHfN b
- hard co Hef iholf fH0d Nui fHae 0af
e. not he persuaded iH naH WfNH tHe
al have kiilsd rn0Hrh faf iHHH Hsaia
49, The lnfaainr 40 0.FNWaNHH ]N N
~ frozen north H flHN fNH HNHM
Ia lare ln iaas dans0f aI laIHa .sIeIWIHa.
"a "a br muan H NfN fHHF .iHN.
0os heaiihilF adapi iHaH HarH HN lMiHH
ad farther SOUTH Tha .asiWHH HNi
noe ao desirable iH ina NNIi0 WHN
iri comes to barter le aeH lHHl IHH fN
is of human lfo u appreciated 'N "a
Ier uevo auHernr eHen Hn cas-. fHH Fl
.x- caaiouBny to study iho na.H|a H.
ws be- does noe STAY, al ihn Eskima
m. safe.