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Title: Our little Eskimo cousin
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Wade, Mary Hazelton Blanchard, 1860-1936
Subjects: Eskimos
Publisher: Boston : L.C. Page & Co.
Contributing Library: Information and Library Science Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Digitizing Sponsor: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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cord, and, as theyhurry onward at the sound of their mastersvoice, it seems as though there were the most 40 Our Little Eskimo Cousin dreadful confusion. One dog, wiser and clev-erer than the rest, is always chosen as theleader; his rein is a little longer than theothers. He is always the one that listensmost closely to the directions given, turninghis head backward from time to time to lookat his master, and make sure that he is right.Then onward he dashes, the other dogs fol-lowing close at his heels. Etu spent some time in deciding which dogwas the best out of his own pack, but whenhe was quite sure of Vanyas strength andbrightness he gave him the greatest care andattention of all. But the whip ! It was far harder to learnits use than to master all his other lessons.The handle was only six inches long, while thelash was at least sixteen feet. To throw it outand then bring it back without letting it be-come entangled among the legs of two orthree dogs was a difficult task. But to be
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ETU HAD BECOME QUITE SKILFUL Dog Team and Sledge 41 sure of striking only the one for whom it wasintended, was a far harder thing to learn.Even when Etu had become quite skilful, itseemed as though every time he rode away hemust come home with at least one brokenbone. For as the dogs gradually gained inspeed, and one or another received a stroke ofthe whip to remind him of his duty, he wouldjump wildly around. Perhaps he would upsettwo or three others in an instant. Then therewould be such a yelping, and such a breakingof reins would follow, it seemed impossible forEtu to straighten them out again, and harderstill it must have been for him to keep hisseat, and not be thrown off. But the boy loves the work, and nothingpleases him more than to be sent twenty milesto a neighbouring village on an errand for hisfather. In the winter season, when the dogs are notworking, they are sometimes allowed to stay in 42 Our Little Eskimo Cousin the passageway leading to the house. Andyou already kno

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