Fox Harbor, Eskimo family and what is claimed to be the best native house in that country. The owner went to Boston and other American ports -- like Peter the Great did to England -- some years ago, to study ship building. He succeeding enough in the art, so that he now owns one of the neatest and most seaworthy vessels I noticed while in Labrador. This vessel it is claimed was modeled and built entirely by himself and a few Eskimo companions. The younger of the women here shown informed me that owing to too much scandal was the cause of her having several husbands. When asked the number she began to count on her finders and while enumerating stated where each one was. In this house was a young man made blind from the effects of the smoke from fires used in the winter during the forced tent life of these people. This was a common ailment with the men; women were not exposed to changes from [inside] to outside and consequently not so affected [...]. Dogs shown here are the native or Eskimo dogs. Some of which are used to carry the mail in [...] and will make one hundred miles in a day. The slay is called a Kometie, August, 1882, 3, Box: 1. Daniel H. Talbot Papers, MsC0404. University of Iowa Special Collections. https://aspace.lib.uiowa.edu/repositories/2/archival_objects/96315 Accessed April 30, 2024.