[CONTENTS.]

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Introduction[167]
Fort Chimo and the surrounding region[167]
Climate[172]
Auroras[173]
Vegetation[173]
Animal life[174]
Mammals[174]
Birds[175]
The native inhabitants of the country—general sketch[175]
The Eskimo[175]
The Indians[181]
Special account of the people around Fort Chimo[184]
The Koksoagmyut[184]
Physical characteristics[184]
Diseases[187]
Marriage[188]
Children[190]
Burial customs[191]
Religion[193]
Outdoor life[202]
Tattooing[207]
Clothing[208]
Dwellings[223]
Household articles[228]
Food and its preparation[232]
Tobacco and snuff[234]
Means of transportation[235]
By water[235]
On land[240]
Weapons and other hunting implements[246]
Hunting[249]
Miscellaneous implements[252]
Amusements[254]
Art[259]
Story-telling and folklore[260]
Origin of the Innuit[261]
The coming of the white people[261]
Origin of living things on the earth and in the water[261]
Origin of the guillemots[262]
Origin of the raven[262]
Origin of the quadrangular spots on the loon’s back[262]
Origin of the gulls[263]
Origin of the hawks[263]
Origin of the swallow[263]
The hare[263]
The wolf[263]
Lice[263]
Origin of mosquitoes[264]
Story of the man and his fox wife[264]
The rivals[264]
The jealous man[264]
Story of the orphan boy[265]
The origin of the sun, moon, and stars[266]
Auroras[266]
The sky[266]
The winds[267]
The Nenenot or “Naskopie”[267]
Principal characteristics[267]
Clothing[281]
Preparation of the skins for clothing[292]
Dwellings[298]
Sweat houses[300]
Household utensils, etc.[300]
Tobacco and pipes[302]
Means of transportation[304]
By water[304]
By land[308]
Weapons[312]
Hunting[316]
Miscellaneous implements, tools, etc.[317]
Amusements[320]
Festivals[322]
Folklore[327]
Story of the wolverine and the brant[327]
Story of the wolverine[327]
The deer and the squirrel[328]
The young man who went to live with the deer[328]
The wolf’s daughter going to seek her lover[330]
The devil punishing a liar[333]
A wolverine destroys his sister[333]
The rabbit and the frog[334]
The wolverine and the rock[336]
Creation of people by the wolverine and the muskrat[338]
Origin of the whitish spot on the throat of the marten[338]
The Indian and his beaver wife[339]
The venturesome hare[340]
The spirit guiding a child left by its parents[342]
Fate of two Indian men[343]
The starving wolverine[345]
The starving Indians[349]

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[Plate XXXVI.]View on Koksoak River[170]
[XXXVII.]Eskimo tent[226]
[XXXVIII.]Stone tobacco pipes[302]
[XXXIX.]Birchbark canoe, Nenenot, Koksoak river pattern[304]
[XL.]Nenenot snowshoe—“swallow-tail”[308]
[XLI.]Nenenot snowshoe—“beaver-tail”[310]
[XLII.]Nenenot snowshoe—“round-end”[312]
[XLIII.]Doll, Indian woman, full dress, Nenenot[326]
[Fig. 21.]Eskimo grave.[192]
[22.]Magic doll[197]
[23.]Belt of magic doll[198]
[24.]Talisman attached to magic doll[199]
[25.]Talisman[199]
[26.]Talisman[199]
[27.]Talisman[200]
[28.]Eskimo woman’s amulet[201]
[29.]Eskimo birdskin cap[209]
[30.]Eskimo man’s deerskin coat (front)[210]
[31.]Eskimo man’s deerskin coat (back)[211]
[32.]Eskimo man’s sealskin coat (front)[212]
[33.]Eskimo man’s sealskin coat (side)[213]
[34.]Eskimo woman’s deerskin coat[214]
[35.]Eskimo woman’s deerskin coat[215]
[36.]Eskimo woman’s deerskin coat[215]
[37.]Eskimo woman’s deerskin coat[216]
[38.]Eskimo woman’s sealskin coat[216]
[39.]Eskimo woman’s deerskin coat[217]
[40.]Back view of same[217]
[41.]Eskimo boots[218]
[42.]Eskimo shoes[219]
[43.]Ice shoes, Hudson strait Eskimo[219]
[44.]Long waterproof sealskin mitten[220]
[45.]Waterproof gut frock[221]
[46.]Snow goggles—front[222]
[47.]Snow goggles—rear[223]
[48.]Deserted Eskimo snowhouses near Fort Chimo[224]
[49.]Soapstone lamp, Koksoagmyut[229]
[50.]Soapstone lamp, Koksoagmyut[229]
[51.]Soapstone lamp, Koksoagmyut[229]
[52.]Frame for drying mittens[230]
[53.]Soapstone kettle[230]
[54.]Soapstone kettle[231]
[55.]Wooden dish[231]
[56.]Sealskin bucket[232]
[57.]Sealskin cup[232]
[58.]Tobacco pouch[234]
[59.]Eskimo Umiak[235]
[60.]Dog whip[244]
[61.]Bow, East Main Eskimo (back)[246]
[62.]Bow, East Main Eskimo (side)[246]
[63.]Arrow, East Main Eskimo[247]
[64.]Arrow, East Main Eskimo[247]
[65.]Arrow, East Main Eskimo[247]
[66.]Bow case, East Main Eskimo[248]
[67.]Hand spear for killing seals, from kaiak, Koksoak[249]
[68.]Toggle head for hand spear[250]
[69.]Sealskin float[250]
[70.]Ivory snow knife, Koksoagmyut[253]
[71.]Back-scratcher, Koksoagmyut[253]
[72.]Ivory needle case, Koksoagmyut[254]
[73.]Ivory needle case, Koksoagmyut[254]
[74.]Sealskin needle cushion, with thimble, Koksoagmyut[254]
[75.]“Cup and ball,” Koksoagmyut[256]
[76.]Football and driver, Koksoagmyut[256]
[77.]Dominoes, Hudson strait Eskimo[257]
[78.]Eskimo doll, man[258]
[79.]Eskimo doll, woman[258]
[80.]Eskimo doll, woman[259]
[81.]Eskimo doll, woman[259]
[82.]Eskimo violin[259]
[83.]Birds carved in ivory[260]
[84.]Human figure carved in ivory[260]
[85.]Indian medicine lodge[274]
[86.]Indian amulet of bearskin[275]
[87.]Indian buckskin coat, man’s (front)[281]
[88.]Indian buckskin coat, man’s (back)[282]
[89.]Detail of pattern painted on Indian garment[282]
[90.]Detail of pattern painted on deerskin robe[283]
[91.]Indian buckskin leggings[283]
[92.]Indian moccasins[284]
[93.]Indian mittens[285]
[94.]Beaded headband, Nenenot[286]
[95.]Man’s winter coat (front)[287]
[96.]Man’s winter coat (back)[288]
[97.]Detail of ornamentation[288]
[98.]Man’s winter coat, with hood[289]
[99.]Man’s winter coat, with hood[290]
[100.]Nenenot woman in full winter dress[291]
[101.]Sealskin headband, Nenenot[292]
[102.]Skin scraper (front), Nenenot[292]
[103.]Skin scraper (side), Nenenot[292]
[104.]Skin-cleaning tool, Nenenot[293]
[105.]Skin-cleaning tool (iron-bladed), Nenenot[294]
[106.]Paint stick, Nenenot[296]
[107.][296]
[108.]Paint stick, Nenenot[296]
[109.]Paint stick, Nenenot[297]
[110.]Paint stick, Nenenot[297]
[111.]Paint cup, Nenenot[297]
[112.]Paint cup, Nenenot[297]
[113.]Paint cup, Nenenot[298]
[114.]Nenenot Indian tent[298]
[115.]Wooden bucket, Nenenot[301]
[116.]Birchbark basket, Nenenot[301]
[117.]Birchbark basket, Nenenot[301]
[118.]Stone pestle, Nenenot[302]
[119.]Wooden spoon or ladle, Nenenot[302]
[120.]Wooden spoon or ladle, Nenenot[302]
[121.]Wooden spoon or ladle, Nenenot[303]
[122.]Wooden spoon or ladle, Nenenot[303]
[123.]Stone tobacco pipe[304]
[124.]Pipe cleaner, Nenenot[304]
[125.]Spoon for applying grease to canoe[306]
[126.]Toboggan, Nenenot, side view[307]
[127.]Toboggan, Nenenot, from above[307]
[128.]Nenenot snowshoe, single bar[308]
[129.]Nenenot snowshoe, single bar[309]
[130.]Snowshoe needle, Nenenot[310]
[131.]Wooden snowshoe, Little Whale river[311]
[132.]Bow, Nenenot[312]
[133.]Arrow, Nenenot[313]
[134.]Arrow, Nenenot[313]
[135.]Arrow, Nenenot[313]
[136.]Arrow, Nenenot[313]
[137.]Deer lance, Nenenot[314]
[138.]White whale spear, Little Whale river[314]
[139.]Point of white whale spear enlarged[314]
[140.]Reindeer snare, Nenenot[315]
[141.]Crooked knife, Nenenot[317]
[142.]Awl, Nenenot[318]
[143.]Snow shovel, Nenenot[318]
[144.]Ice scoop, Nenenot[318]
[145.][319]
[146.]Comb, with birchbark case and cleaner[320]
[147.]Boards for woman’s hair[320]
[148.]Swimming board[321]
[149.]Fishhook and line[321]
[150.]Cup and ball, Nenenot[324]
[151.]Drum, Nenenot[324]
[152.]Drum, Little Whale river[325]
[153.]Rattle, Nenenot[326]
[154.]Target, reindeer, buck[326]
[155.]Target, reindeer, doe[326]