With his knitted bonnet, his sheepskin coat, his fur mittens and goloshes, he resembled a samoyed, fresh from the pole.
"Là-bas"
J. K. Huysmans
Vaygats Island is considered by them to afford exceedingly good pasturage for reindeer; they therefore allow a number of them to winter on the island under the care of some samoyed families, and this is considered the more advantageous, as the reindeer there are never stolen.
"The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II"
A.E. Nordenskieold
The samoyed women wear clothes of different colours, chiefly red.
"The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II"
A.E. Nordenskieold