I. [Oqo and Akudnirn]
II. [Frobisher Bay]
III. [Eclipse Sound and Admiralty Inlet]
IV. [Repulse Bay and Lyon Inlet]
V. [Boothia Isthmus and King William Land]

[CONTENTS.]

Page.
[Introduction][409]
[Authorities quoted][410]
[Orthography][413]
[Geography of Northeastern America][414]
[Distribution of the tribes][419]
[General observations][419]
[Baffin Land][421]
[The Sikosuilarmiut][421]
[The Akuliarmiut][421]
[The Qaumauangmiut][421]
[The Nugumiut][422]
[The Oqomiut][424]
[The Padlimiut and the Akudnirmiut][440]
[The Aggomiut][442]
[The Iglulirmiut][444]
[The Pilingmiut][444]
[The Sagdlirmiut][444]
[Western shore of Hudson Bay][444]
[The Aivillirmiut][445]
[The Kinipetu or Agutit][450]
[The Sagdlirmiut of Southampton Island][451]
[The Sinimiut][451]
[Boothia Felix and Back River][452]
[The Netchillirmiut][452]
[The Ugjulirmiut][458]
[The Ukusiksalirmiut][458]
[Smith Sound][459]
[The natives of Ellesmere Land][459]
[The North Greenlanders][460]
[Influence of geographical conditions upon the distribution of the settlements][460]
[Trade and intercourse between the tribes][462]
[List of the Central Eskimo tribes][470]
[Hunting and fishing][471]
[Seal, walrus, and whale hunting][471]
[Deer, musk ox, and bear hunting][501]
[Hunting of small game][510]
[Fishing][513]
[Manufactures][516]
[Making leather and preparing skins][516]
[Sundry implements][523]
[Transportation by boats and sledges][527]
[The boat][527]
[The sledge and dogs][529]
[Habitations and dress][539]
[The house][539]
[Clothing, dressing of the hair, and tattooing][554]
[Social and religious life][561]
[Domestic occupations and amusements][561]
[Visiting][574]
[Social customs in summer][576]
[Social order and laws][578]
[Religious ideas and the angakunirn (priesthood)][583]
[Sedna and the fulmar][583]
[The tornait and the angakut][591]
[The flight to the moon][598]
[Kadlu the thunderer][600]
[Feasts, religious and secular][600]
[Customs and regulations concerning birth, sickness, and death][609]
[Tales and traditions][615]
[Ititaujang][615]
[The emigration of the Sagdlirmiut][618]
[Kalopaling][620]
[The Uissuit][621]
[Kiviung][621]
[Origin of the narwhal][625]
[The visitor][627]
[The fugitive women][628]
[Qaudjaqdjuq][628]
[ I. Story of the three brothers][628]
[II. Qaudjaqdjuq][630]
[Igimarasugdjuqdjuaq the cannibal][633]
[The Tornit][634]
[The woman and the spirit of the singing house][636]
[The constellation Udleqdjun][636]
[Origin of the Adlet and of the Qadlunait][637]
[The great flood][637]
[Inugpaqdjuqdjualung][638]
[The bear story][638]
[Sundry tales][639]
[The owl and the raven][641]
[Comparison between Baffin Land traditions and those of other tribes][641]
[Science and the arts][643]
[Geography and navigation][643]
[Poetry and music][648]
[Merrymaking among the Tornit][649]
[The lemming’s song][649]
[Arlum pissinga (the killer’s song)][650]
[I.] Summer song[653]
[II.] The returning hunter[653]
[III.] Song of the Tornit[653]
[IV.] Song of the Inuit traveling to Nettilling[653]
[V.] Oχaitoq’s song[654]
[VI.] Utitiaq’s song[654]
[VII.] Song[654]
[VIII.] Song[654]
[IX.] Song of the Tornit[654]
[X.] The fox and the woman[655]
[XI.] The raven’s song[655]
[XII.] Song of a Padlimio[655]
[XIII.] Ititaujang’s song[655]
[XIV.] Playing at ball[656]
[XV.] Playing at ball[657]
[XVI-XIX.] Extracts[657–658]
[Glossary][659]
[Eskimo words used, with derivations and significations][659]
[Eskimo geographical names used, with English significations][662]
[Appendix][667]

[ILLUSTRATIONS.]