DEMORALISATION OF ESQUIMAUX.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 20 July 1907, Page 4

DEMORALISATION OF ESQUIMAUX.

o New York, April 0. Dr Wiuficd T. Grunlcll, widely known fin' his missionary work among the Esquimaux, gave his views on the affairs [of Uie Arctic region to-day before starling for rliiglaiid to spend a few weeks willi his mother preparatory to returning to his Labrador field. Dr. Oenfell i.-> surgeon, muster mariner, magistrate, and agent for "lords. He expressed liiinseli' against Polar exploration, not. 'only lieeansc (lie discovery of the North Pole, should it chance to ocenr, would )je of no practical benefit, but also because exploration parties have always done great harm to the Esquimaux race. "There won't be an Esquimaux living in a few years unless Arctic expeditions cease," lie said. "Explorating parties -commit awful sins against the "northern natives. The Esquimaux race is doomed. The white man is killing them with liquor and vices. Every time an exploring party has gone to tliat part of the land the immorality of the women there was always marked thereafter. The missionary is the only one who can safeguard the Esquimaux. The explorer won't do it. The Esquimaux are dying by the score as a result of the vices which the white man taught them. There is no necessary land at the Pole—nothing except the open sea, which freezeß over."