Not very far from Hilltop's village lived people that the white men
called Copper Eskimos because they had learned to use copper for some
of their tools.
[Illustration: A Siberian Eskimo teacher uses books written in the
Eskimo language.]
Other neighbors along the coast did a new kind of work after white men
came. In their high, waterproof boots, they waded into the ocean and
chipped away the black rocks near the edge of the water. The rocks were
really coal which the white men wanted and taught them to use. Eskimos
have always kept on learning how to make the most of the land in which
they live.
[Illustration: A Copper Eskimo cache]