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    Olof Krarer, The Esquimaux Lady A story of her native home
    Olof Krarer, The Esquimaux Lady A story of her native home
    Olof Krarer, The Esquimaux Lady A story of her native home
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    Olof Krarer, The Esquimaux Lady A story of her native home

    By Albert S. Post and Olof Krarer

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    Release dateSep 1, 2010
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      Olof Krarer, The Esquimaux Lady A story of her native home - Albert S. Post

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      Title: Olof Krarer, The Esquimaux Lady

      A story of her native home

      Author: Olof Krarer

      Editor: Albert S. Post

      Release Date: September 11, 2010 [EBook #33703]

      Language: English

      *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK OLOF KRARER, THE ESQUIMAUX LADY ***

      Produced by Andrew Chesley and the Online Distributed

      Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was

      produced from images generously made available by The

      Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

      COPYRIGHT

      By Albert S. Post

      A. D. 1887

      Press of Wm. Osman & Sons.

      INTRODUCTION.

      In writing this little book, it has been our constant aim to make it, as nearly as possible, an autobiography, giving Miss Krarer's own thoughts and words, avoiding some of the little errors, caused by her imperfect knowledge of English, which are thought by some to add a certain charm to her conversation. If, near the conclusion, I may seem to have departed from this plan, it is only because she desired me to attempt the expression of her thought in more elaborate language than she can herself, at present, make use of.

      She is authority for the facts, from beginning to end.

      Hoping that the story of her eventful life may be as interesting to those who read, as it has already been to thousands who have heard it from her own lips; and with the heartfelt wish that it may be the means of enabling her to accomplish her cherished purpose, I am glad to have this opportunity of assisting in her work.

      Albert S. Post.

      OLOF KRARER.

      I was born in Greenland, on the east coast. I am the youngest of eight children. My three sisters and four brothers are all living in Iceland. My father is living in Manitoba. My mother died in Iceland when I was sixteen years old.

      We lived near the sea-shore in Greenland. Our house was built of snow. It was round, perhaps sixteen feet across, and coming to a point at the top. It was lined with fur on all sides, and was carpeted with a double thickness of fur.

      The way they lined the house was to take a skin of some animal, and hold it near a fire, which was in the centre of the room. When the skin was heated through, they took it and pressed it against the wall. In a short time, it stuck to the wall so tightly that it could not be pulled off without tearing the skin.

      The door was a thick curtain of fur, hung over the doorway, by heating the upper part, and letting it stick fast to the wall. Outside of the door was a long, narrow passageway, just high enough for one of us little Esquimaux people to stand up straight in. That would be about high enough for a child six years old, in this country; and it was only wide enough for one person to go through at a time. If one wanted to go out, and another wanted to go in, at the same time, one would have to back out and let the other go first. This passageway was not straight; but turned to one side, so as not to let the wind

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