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  • Water & some other Provisions at the Coast of the Indians called Esquimos, the most cruell of all the salvages when they meet an advantage to surprize

    Voyages of Peter Esprit Radisson Pierre Esprit Radisson 1673

  • We wouldn't want the Esquimos to attack him, thinking he was a polar bear.

    Arrests made in Woz attack 2007

  • "And I can build a snowhouse and live in it like the Esquimos," added

    The Bobbsey Twins at Snow Lodge Laura Lee Hope

  • American canned mostly, supplemented with the fare that could be eked out of Albania, and cooked by an Albanese who could not be taught that we Americans were not Esquimos and did not like food swimming in fat.

    Diet and Health With Key to the Calories Lulu Hunt Peters

  • Mira llevo mucho tiempo tratando de conseguir buenas recetas de raspados y aun no las tengo, pero lo que si tengo es una excelente receta de Esquimos, me gustaria compartirla contigo, que me ofreces, necesito buenas recetas de Paletas y Helados, pero si tampoco las tienes te puedo vender mi receta espero tu respuesta gracias glenda Villalvazo

    raspados 1919

  • Esquimos, a form of victual for which birds have only the scantiest relish.

    Here are Ladies James Stephens 1916

  • I fear this was a thoughtless action on his part because the Esquimos who live habitually at the North Pole, but have not discovered it, will, while his back is turned, take to wearing his shirt in turn.

    Here are Ladies James Stephens 1916

  • Polar bears and Esquimos are also found there, but in scattered and inconsiderable quantities.

    Here are Ladies James Stephens 1916

  • What enormous visual power is attributed to half-civilized and barbarous peoples, especially Indians, Esquimos, etc.!

    Criminal Psychology: a manual for judges, practitioners, and students 1911

  • Few of them could boast of intimate acquaintance with the precious weed, though now and again small quantities and abominable qualities were obtained in trade from the Esquimos to the northward.

    Nam-Bok, The Liar 1902

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