Archbishop Stuck stated purpose of his wintertime circuit was not to bring back kEskimo bones, or myths and legends, nor handicrafts but this..."My purpose was an enquiry into their present state, physical, mental, moral and religious, industrial and domestic, into their prospects, into what the government and the religious organizations have done and are doing for them, and what should yet be done."kThis was the winter of 1917-1918. The Bishop concluded "The scattered inhabitants the reader may call savages if it please him; they are certainly primitive and have some habits and customs that are not attractive. but I think they are the bravest, the cheeriest, the most industrious, the most hospitable, and altogether the most winning native people that I know anything about, the most deserving of the indulgent consideration of mankind."

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