The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-10-15
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Eskimo Lend

Ottawa, oct. 10 = (UPJ = An
EslEimo triangle" may have 3tR-
nislaed the motive IA the staying oe
Acknowledgements, whose body has
been preserved In Arctic leo for Q
year awaiting the trial Of his wife,
Maktaeyout, Il developed today.
Reports that Angootaco ymayo' had
lived with another woman for q
time before he was shot and killed
with q rife as he slept In his tent
In the summer Of 1912 have been
received by Inspector D. J. Martin,
commanding the Royal Canadian
Mounted Police here.
Martins belief in the triangle"
tragedy IN the Pelly Bay EskiHmo's
death was ltkewarrn, however.
There Is no Jealousy in the Arc
tic among the native women" he
said. It was 9 common occurrence.
he explained, for Q man to have
more than one wife, or for Q woman
to have more than one husband.
Some tribes, he added, have more
men than women and others have
more women than men, and It 10
only when such bands come. to-
gether that there Is an equal group
ing Of the sexes.
The full story viii not be learned
until next year, when the Arctic
supply ship, Nascopie, again will at
tempt to force its way through Ice
packs to Fort Ross, at the eastern
entrance to Bellot Strait, the fam
Gus northwest passage, nearly 400
miles above the Arctic circle.
The Nascopie only recently failed
in second attempt to make the
passage.
Martin, whose territory takes In
all Of Northern Canada, and who
Is recognized as knowing the habits
Of the Eskimo as do few other Can
adams, offered three other theories
in the Staying:
/. That the shooting was acci-
dental; 2. That Acknowledgements
had committed suicide, not tincom-
mon in the north, and 3, that his
wife, Miktaeyout had shot him In
self defense.
The inspector favored the last
theory, pointing out he had reveiv-
ed reports that Angootacoyomayo
was reported to be q poor hunter,
or In other words o poor provider.
Miktaeyout may have nagged him
the inspector said
Back With Tribe
Miktaeyout, freed when Arctic
weather caused q years postpone
ment Of her trial, has rejoined her
tribe. She and the witnesses will
roam the frozen wastes In search Of
food until next summer, when they
will return to Fort Ross and report
to RCMP constable @. L. DeLisle.
who has been waiting at the outpost
for nearly two years to present the
evidence he has collected in the
staying.
Meanwhile, Q U. 8. liberator
bomber, flown from San Francisco
to Southampton Island at the north.
ern mouth Of Hudson Bay, was be-
ing equipped and provisioned with
food and other supplies for the fouI
white persons who have twice seen
the sturdy little ice-breaker, Mas
copie, turned back by the ice Of
Bellot Strait.
In the last attempt TO get through
the ice-filled Northwest Passage, the
ship came almost within sight Of
the fort and the whites and natives
waited hQpefully for the first food
and mail IN two years.
But the ice began to Jam around
wait another year before trying the
the ship and she turned back 10
voyage again.
Authorities were confidnnt that
the Liberator bomber would set 10
Fort Ross, about 100 miles from
here, before the groups food Il ex-
hausted. The provisions probably
viii be dropped by parachute be-
cause weather conditions at this
time Of the year would make O
landing difficult, II not impossible.