| The term Esquimau is the singular form of Esquimaux, |. From Wordnik.com. [Left on Labrador or, The cruise of the Schooner-yacht 'Curlew.' as Recorded by 'Wash.'] Reference
Yet the Esquimau does not consider himself strange. From Wordnik.com. [The Girl In A Swing]
And that was true, for Nan was dressed like a little Esquimau. From Wordnik.com. [Nan Sherwood at Pine Camp or, the Old Lumberman's Secret] Reference
I asked Esquimau to interpret what I said instead of speaking to him myself. From Wordnik.com. [Missionary Work Among the Ojebway Indians] Reference
The Esquimau feels intuitively that bear's grease and blubber are the dishes for his table. From Wordnik.com. [Higher Lessons in English A work on english grammar and composition] Reference
All at once I caught sight of another object on the ice a little to the right of the Esquimau. From Wordnik.com. [Golden Days for Boys and Girls Volume XIII, No. 51: November 12, 1892] Reference
The Esquimau got out his harpoon and line and approached the thin ice, telling me to keep back. From Wordnik.com. [Golden Days for Boys and Girls Volume XIII, No. 51: November 12, 1892] Reference
Past the Esquimau village, the richly varied city of state and foreign buildings came into view. From Wordnik.com. [The Adventures of Uncle Jeremiah and Family at the Great Fair Their Observations and Triumphs] Reference
Esquimau, who answers me with praise of blubber and nights spent in ice houses and baths of foul vapour. From Wordnik.com. [Oscar Wilde, His Life and Confessions] Reference
An Esquimau informed Captain Lyon that in the first of the winter the pregnant bears are always fat and solitary. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 324, March 18, 1882] Reference
To be in no least doubt about one's physical attractiveness - that must be strange - as strange as being an Esquimau. From Wordnik.com. [The Girl In A Swing]
Then Esquimau spoke very freely and forcibly, urging upon the people to give up their vain customs and accept Christianity. From Wordnik.com. [Missionary Work Among the Ojebway Indians] Reference
This man, whose name we found was Mesten, had travelled about forty miles, not knowing that we were here till he met Esquimau. From Wordnik.com. [Missionary Work Among the Ojebway Indians] Reference
The crew had received their "liberty," and there was much wondering among them whether Esquimau eyes could speak a tender welcome. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 117, July, 1867.] Reference
"They would shine through the mittens of an Esquimau.". From Wordnik.com. [Quest of the Golden Girl, a Romance] Reference
Esquimau boys showed such steadfastness to their teaching. From Wordnik.com. [Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog Sled A Narrative of Winter Travel in Interior Alaska] Reference
As well offer an Esquimau cold boiled parsnip as a stick of candy. From Wordnik.com. [Left on Labrador or, The cruise of the Schooner-yacht 'Curlew.' as Recorded by 'Wash.'] Reference
In a few minutes Kit came back with the old Esquimau and his whip. From Wordnik.com. [Left on Labrador or, The cruise of the Schooner-yacht 'Curlew.' as Recorded by 'Wash.'] Reference
"A Husky?" repeated Wyllard, who knew the seaman meant an Esquimau. From Wordnik.com. [Masters of the Wheat-Lands] Reference
Esquimau with his dog team and sled, to go across to Kotzebue Sound with us. From Wordnik.com. [Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog Sled A Narrative of Winter Travel in Interior Alaska] Reference
Next, perhaps, he appeared in Greenland, blubbering with an Esquimau heiress. From Wordnik.com. [Tales of Aztlan; the Romance of a Hero of our Late Spanish-American War, Incidents of Interest from the Life of a western Pioneer and Other Tales] Reference
Esquimau that the inaction had irked him, that he was eager to be gone again. From Wordnik.com. [Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog Sled A Narrative of Winter Travel in Interior Alaska] Reference
The snow-bound in their Arctic hulk are glad to see even a wandering Esquimau. From Wordnik.com. [Backlog Studies] Reference
"A true 'Husky' (Esquimau) won't eat a mouthful of cooked victuals," said Capt. From Wordnik.com. [Left on Labrador or, The cruise of the Schooner-yacht 'Curlew.' as Recorded by 'Wash.'] Reference
Supposing a pupil in California were asked to describe an orange to an Esquimau. From Wordnik.com. [English: Composition and Literature] Reference
"Me no like to 'member dat," said the Esquimau, with a sorrowful shake of the head. From Wordnik.com. [Ungava] Reference
Here a tramping on the stairs was heard, and Weymouth came down, followed by a large Esquimau. From Wordnik.com. [Left on Labrador or, The cruise of the Schooner-yacht 'Curlew.' as Recorded by 'Wash.'] Reference
By the time we had fairly parted from our Esquimau friends it was near eleven o'clock, P.M., -- after sunset. From Wordnik.com. [Left on Labrador or, The cruise of the Schooner-yacht 'Curlew.' as Recorded by 'Wash.'] Reference
The explanation is found in the difficulty of changing the direction of Esquimau activity once that direction is established. From Wordnik.com. [Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog Sled A Narrative of Winter Travel in Interior Alaska] Reference
Esquimau mukluk, not easily obtainable in the interior of Alaska, but the mukluk is an inconvenient footwear to put snow-shoes on. From Wordnik.com. [Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog Sled A Narrative of Winter Travel in Interior Alaska] Reference
We were in time to attend the Esquimau services at the mission both afternoon and night, and I found them very much the same as at. From Wordnik.com. [Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog Sled A Narrative of Winter Travel in Interior Alaska] Reference
Unalaklík is a thriving Esquimau community, noted for its native schooner building and its successful seal hunters and fishermen. From Wordnik.com. [Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog Sled A Narrative of Winter Travel in Interior Alaska] Reference
The mode of life, the habits, the character of the races are very different -- the first Esquimau habitation we visited proclaiming it. From Wordnik.com. [Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog Sled A Narrative of Winter Travel in Interior Alaska] Reference
And there is a fine story of a white man rescued in half-frozen state by his Esquimau wife, and carried for miles on her back to safety. From Wordnik.com. [Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog Sled A Narrative of Winter Travel in Interior Alaska] Reference
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