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id: 17606
author: Mason, Otis Tufton
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title:
  Throwing-sticks in the National Museum Third Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1883-'84, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1890, pages 279-289

summary:
  The specific marks are the distinct handle without finger grooves, the very eccentric index-finger hole, the method of inserting the spur for the shaft, and the harpoon-shaft groove very shallow above and deep below. The most perfect throwing-stick of all is that of the Mahlemut, in Norton Sound, in which are present the handle, thumb-groove, finger-grooves, and pegs, cavities for the finger-tips, index finger cavity, shaft-groove, and hook for the harpoon.


id: 49991
author: Brewster, Benjamin
title: The First Book of Eskimos
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words: 7707
sentence: 536
flesch: 89
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summary:
  But many Eskimos knew that when ice was a year or more old it lost its saltiness, and that was the ice they melted. Then she did something many Eskimos never used to do.


id: 33703
author: Krarer, Olof
title: Olof Krarer, the Esquimaux Lady: A Story of Her Native Home
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sentence: 464
flesch: 89
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summary:
  Outside of the door was a long, narrow passageway, just high enough for one of us little Esquimaux people to stand up straight in. The people in Iceland were astonished to see us little people.


id: 26544
author: Hawkes, Ernest William
title: The Dance Festivals of the Alaskan Eskimo
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flesch: 76
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summary:
  Ordinary dance masks may be made by anyone, but the masks for the ceremonial dances are made by some renowned shaman, engaged for the occasion. It lasts from November to March, and is a continuous succession of feasts and dances, which makes glad the heart of the Eskimo and serves to lighten the natural depression caused by day after day of interminable wind and darkness.


id: 21819
author: Murray, T. B. (Thomas Boyles)
title: Kalli, the Esquimaux Christian: A Memoir
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summary:
  Kalli at St. John's, Newfoundland The time having now arrived at which, according to the opinion of the Bishop of Newfoundland, and the Warden of St. Augustine's, the qualifications of Kallihirua might be turned to some account, as an aid to missionaries in their efforts among the Esquimaux of Labrador, he left England, in the autumn of the year 1855, for further training at St. John's, Newfoundland. His fondness for Prints and Drawings 23 Seal Hunter 24 Sights in England 25 Great Exhibition of 1851 26 St. Augustine's College 27 College Studies 28 Reverence for Sacred Places 29 Illness from changes in the Weather 30 Greenland-Esquimaux Vocabulary 31 Visit to Kalli at College 32 His Amusements and Occupations 34 Baptism of Kallihirua 36 Stanzas by the Warden 43 Kalli at St. John's, Newfoundland 45 Death of Archdeacon Bridge 47 Intelligence from Newfoundland 48 Allusion to Prince Le Boo 49 Accounts from St John's 50 Letter from Kalli 51 Kalli's Illness and Death 52 Legacy to a Friend 56 Funeral 57 Intended Memorial 58 Practical Reflections 59 Conclusion 60 ILLUSTRATIONS Portrait of Kallihirua _To face Title Page_ Map, including his Birthplace _To face Page_ 10 Entrance to a Snow Hut _


id: 18643
author: Rosse, Irving C. (Irving Collins)
title: The First Landing on Wrangel Island With Some Remarks on the Northern Inhabitants
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summary:
  The Eskimo who accompanied Lieutenant May, of the Nares Expedition, on his sledge journey, is reported to have been a small eater, and the only case of scurvy, by the way; several Eskimo who were employed on board the _Corwin_ as dog-drivers and interpreters were as a rule smaller eaters than our own men, and I have observed on numerous occasions among the Eskimo I have visited, that instead of being great gluttons, they are, on the contrary, moderate eaters. Their dolls, of ivory and clothed with fur, seem to answer the same purpose that they do in civilized communities--namely, the amusement of little girls--for at one place where we landed a number of Eskimo girls, stopping play on our approach, sat their dolls up in a row, evidently with a view to giving the dolls a better look at the strange visitors.


id: 46484
author: Wade, Mary Hazelton Blanchard
title: Our Little Eskimo Cousin
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sentence: 1203
flesch: 89
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summary:
  Yet as Mrs. Morrison's charming volume has long been a delight to me, I am only too happy to link my name with its new and enriched form in this slight way, and simply declare that it is to me the most bewitching book of songs for little people that I have ever known. You should see our stout little Etu riding the waves in his kayak, and balancing the throwing-stick on his shoulder to send the harpoon flying straight to the mark.


id: 3774
author: Perkins, Lucy Fitch
title: The Eskimo Twins
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words: 22516
sentence: 1627
flesch: 98
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summary:
  Ki-yi, ki-yi, ki-yi, ki-yi, just like little dogs! At last Kesshoo said, Will you tell us, great Angakok, how you make these wonderful journeys?


id: 23492
author: Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
title: Fast in the Ice: Adventures in the Polar Regions
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words: 28758
sentence: 1568
flesch: 88
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summary:
  A large mass of flat ice, varying from one mile to many miles in extent, is called a field, and a mountain of ice is called a berg. The vessel in which they sailed became beset by ice, and could not be moved.


id: 28932
title: Eskimo Folk-Tales
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sentence: 2656
flesch: 93
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summary:
  They had been young at their starting, and now they were old men, led by their children. Many men wanted her ... wouldn't have them ... can't take her by force ... very strong.


id: 45192
author: Ellis, Edward Sylvester
title: Among the Esquimaux; or, Adventures under the Arctic Circle
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sentence: 2372
flesch: 78
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summary:
  He was at home amid the snow and ice, and, with little effort, got forward faster than the fugitives possibly could; he was overhauling Rob hand over hand. These three were Jack Cosgrove, a bluff, hearty sailor, about forty years of age; Rob Carrol, seventeen, and Fred Warburton, one year younger.


id: 18391
author: Anonymous
title: The Moravians in Labrador
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sentence: 2024
flesch: 58
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summary:
  It must, however, be remarked, that many Esquimaux when pressed by hunger in winter, take refuge with us, to whom we give every possible assistance; there are also some, who, during their harvest, save a portion against a time of need, which we lay up for them, and they receive the full value, when their necessities require it. They soon found that there were more Esquimaux within, and by great exertion and labour succeeded in extricating nine persons from the rubbish, but one of them was so much bruised that she died very soon after.


id: 21709
author: Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
title: The Walrus Hunters: A Romance of the Realms of Ice
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flesch: 78
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summary:
  Alas for the hopes and efforts of good men! It is true that, being affectionate men, they were naturally anxious to rejoin their families, but being also steady-going, with considerable powers of self-denial, they were good men-of-business, from a savage point of view, and gave leisurely attention to the duties in hand.


id: 21733
author: Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
title: The Giant of the North: Pokings Round the Pole
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summary:
  My boat is on the shore,-- Said Benjy, quoting Byron, as he shook old Makitok by the hand-- And my kite is in the sky, But before I go, of more, I will--bid you--all--good-b-- Benjy broke down at this point. When Captain Vane called his son Benjamin, he was seriously displeased.


id: 21696
author: Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
title: Red Rooney: The Last of the Crew
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flesch: 80
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summary:
  Eskimo men deem this an undignified position, and will not usually condescend to work in oomiaks, which are invariably paddled by the women, but Rooney, being influenced by no such feelings, quietly took the steering paddle, and ultimately shamed Arbalik and Ippegoo as well as the sons of Okiok into lending a hand. It mattered not that other men spoke freely--sometimes even a little boastfully--of their exploits.


id: 21707
author: Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
title: Ungava
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flesch: 74
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summary:
  Three days after the events narrated in the last chapter the fort of the fur-traders became a place of weeping; for on the morning of that day Maximus arrived with the prostrate form of Frank Morton, whom he had discovered alone in the igloo on the lake, and with the dreadful news that little Edith Stanley was nowhere to be found! But whatever be _our_ opinion in regard to this, the point that we have to deal with at present is, the opinion of Edith Stanley, who, on rising hastily one morning, and looking forth from her little window, evinced the rejoicing of her heart most emphatically, by her loud exclamation of delight and the sparkling of her bright blue eyes.


