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ETHNOLOGICAL RESULTS
OF THE
POINT BARROW EXPEDITION.

BY
JOHN MURDOCH,

Naturalist and Observer, International Polar Expedition to
Point Barrow, Alaska, 1881-1883.

  1

see caption

MAP
of
NORTHWESTERN ALASKA

Showing the region known to the Point Barrow Eskimo

Based on the U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey
map of Alaska, 1884, with additions from the U.S.C. & G.S.
“General Chart of Alaska” 1889, and from Eskimo account.
Eskimo names given in the form used at Point Barrow
Names of “tribes” underlined thus
Kûñmûdliñ

Compiled by JOHN MURDOCH

1889

  5

CONTENTS.

Page.
First Segment
Introduction 19
List of works consulted 20
Situation and surroundings 26
Climate 30
People 33
Physical characteristics 33
Pathology 39
Psychical characteristics 40
Tribal phenomena 42
Social surroundings 43
Contact with uncivilized people 43
Other Eskimo 43
Indians 49
Contact with civilized people 51
Natural resources 55
Animals 55
Mammals 55
Birds 56
Fishes 58
Insects and other invertebrates 59
Plants 59
Minerals 60
Culture 61
Means of subsistence 61
Food 61
Substances used for food 61
Means of preparing food 63
Time and frequency of eating 63
Drinks 64
Narcotics 65
Habitations 72
The winter house 72
Arrangement in villages 79
Snow houses 81
Tents 83
Household utensils 86
For holding and carrying food, water, etc 86
Canteens 86
Wallets, etc 86
Buckets and tubs 86
Meat bowls 89
For preparing food 90
Pots of stone and other materials 90
Bone crushers 93
For serving and eating food 99
Trays 99
Drinking vessels 101
Whalebone cups 101
6 Spoons and ladles 104
Miscellaneous household utensils 105
Lamps 105
Clothing 109
Material 109
Style of dress 110
Head clothing 112
Frocks 113
Mantles 121
Rainfrocks 122
Arm clothing 123
Mittens 123
Gloves 124
Leg and foot clothing 125
Breeches 125
Pantaloons 126
Stockings 129
Boots and shoes 129
Parts of dress 135
Belts 135
Ornaments 138
Personal adornment 138
Skin ornamentation 138
Tattooing 138
Painting 140
Head ornaments 140
Method of wearing the hair 140
Head bands 142
Ear rings 142
Labrets 143
Neck ornaments 148
Ornaments of the limbs 148
Bracelets 148
Finger rings 149
Miscellaneous ornaments 149
Beads 149
Toilet articles 149
Second Segment
Implements of general use, etc 150
Tools 150
Knives 150
Adzes 165
Chisels 172
Whalebone shaves 173
Saws 174
Drills and borers 175
Hammers 182
Files 182
Whetstones 183
Tool boxes and bags 185
Weapons 191
Projectile weapons 193
Firearms 193
Whaling guns 195
Bows 195
Arrows 201
7 Bear arrows 202
Bow cases and quivers 207
Bracers 209
Bird darts 210
Seal darts 214
Harpoons 218
Thrusting weapons 233
Harpoons 233
Lances 240
Throwing weapons 244
Hunting implements other than weapons 246
Floats 246
Flipper toggles 247
Harpoon boxes 247
Nets 251
Seal calls 253
Seal rattles 254
Seal indicators 254
Sealing stools 255
Seal drags 256
Whalebone wolf-killers 259
Traps 260
Snow-goggles 260
Meat cache markers 262
Methods of hunting 263
The polar bear 263
The wolf 263
The fox 264
The reindeer 264
The seal 268
The walrus 272
The whale 272
Fowl 276
Implements for fishing 278
Hooks and lines 278
Nets 284
Spears 286
Flint working 287
Fire making 289
Drills 289
Flint and steel 291
Kindlings 291
Bow and arrow making 291
The marline spike 291
The twisters 292
The feather setter 294
Third Segment
Skin working 294
Scrapers 294
Scraper cups 299
Combs for deer skins 300
Manufacture of lines of thong 301
Builders’ tools 302
For excavating 302
Tools for snow and ice working 304
Snow knives 304
8 Snow shovels 305
Ice picks 307
Ice scoops 308
Implements for procuring and preparing food 310
Blubber hooks 310
Fish scaler 311
Making and working fiber 311
Twisting and braiding 311
Netting 312
Netting weights 315
Weaving 316
Sewing 317
Means of locomotion and transportation 328
Traveling by water 328
Kaiaks and paddles 328
Umiaks and fittings 335
Traveling on foot 344
Snowshoes 344
Staff 352
Land conveyances 353
Sledges 353
Dogs and harness 357
Hunting scores 360
Games and pastimes 364
Gambling 364
Festivals 365
Mechanical contrivances 372
Description of festivals 373
Toys and sports for children and others 376
Playthings 376
Dolls 380
Juvenile implements 383
Games and sports 383
Music 385
Musical instruments 385
Character and frequency of music 388
Art 389
Domestic life 410
Marriage 410
Standing and treatment of women 413
Children 414
Rights and wrongs 419
Social life and customs 420
Personal habits and cleanliness 420
Salutation 422
Healing 422
Customs concerning the dead 423
Abstentions 423
Manner of disposing of the dead 424
Government 427
In the family 427
In the village 427
Religion 430
General ideas 430
Amulets 434
9

ILLUSTRATIONS.

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Page.
Pl. I.

Map of Northwestern Alaska

2
II.

Map of the hunting grounds of the Point Barrow Eskimo

18
Fig. 1. Unalina, a man of Nuwŭk 34
2.

Mûmûñina, a woman of Nuwŭk

35
3.

Akabiana, a youth of Utkiavwiñ

36
4.

Puka, a young man of Utkiavwiñ

37
5. Woman stretching skins 38
6.

Pipes: (a) pipe with metal bowl; (b) pipe with stone bowl; (c) pipe with bowl of antler or ivory

67
7.

Pipe made of willow stick

68
8. Tobacco pouches 69
9.

Plans of Eskimo winter house

72
10.

Interior of iglu, looking toward door

73
11.

Interior of iglu, looking toward bench

74
12. House in Utkiavwiñ 76
13.

Ground plan and section of winter house in Mackenzie region

77
14.

Ground plan of large snow house

82
15.

Tent on the beach at Utkiavwiñ

85
16. Wooden bucket 86
17. Large tub 87
18. Whalebone dish 88
19. Meat-bowl 89
20. Stone pot 90
21. Small stone pot 91
22. Fragments of pottery 92
23. Stone maul 94
24. Stone maul 94
25. Stone maul 95
26. Stone maul 95
27. Stone maul 96
28. Stone maul 96
29. Bone maul 97
30. Bone maul 97
31. Bone maul 98
32. Bone maul 98
33. Meat-dish 99
34. Oblong meat-dish 100
35.

Oblong meat-dish, very old

100
36. Fish dish 100
37. Whalebone cup 101
38. Horn dipper 101
39. Horn dipper 102
40. Dipper of fossil ivory 103
10 41. Dipper of fossil ivory 103
42. Wooden spoon 104
43. Horn ladle 104
44. Bone ladle 104
45.

Bone ladle in the form of a whale

105
46. Bone ladle 105
47. Stone house-lamp 106
48. Sandstone lamp 107
49. Traveling lamp 108
50.

Socket for blubber holder

108
51.

Man in ordinary deerskin clothes

110
52. Woman’s hood 111
53. Man’s frock 113
54.

Pattern of man’s deerskin frock

113
55.

Detail of trimming, skirt and shoulder of man’s frock

114
56.

Man wearing plain, heavy frock

114
57.

Man’s frock of mountain sheepskin, front and back

115
58.

Man’s frock of ermine skins

116
59.

Pattern of sheepskin frock

117
60. Pattern of ermine frock 117
61.

Woman’s frock, front and back

118
62. Pattern of woman’s frock 119
63.

Detail of edging, woman’s frock

119
64.

Details of trimming, woman’s frock

119
65. Man’s cloak of deerskin 121
66. Pattern of man’s cloak 121
67. Deerskin mittens 123
68. Deerskin gloves 124
69.

Man’s breeches of deerskin

125
70.

Pattern of man’s breeches

126
71.

Trimming of man’s breeches

126
72. Woman’s pantaloons 127
73.

Patterns of woman’s pantaloons

128
74. Pattern of stocking 129
75. Man’s boot of deerskin 131
76. Pattern of deerskin boot 131
77.

Man’s dress boot of deerskin

132
78.

Pattern of man’s dress boot of deerskin

132
79.

Man’s dress boot of skin of mountain sheep

133
80.

Pair of man’s dress boots of deerskin

134
81.

Woman’s waterproof sealskin boot

135
82.

Sketch of “ice-creepers” on boot sole

135
83.

Man’s belt woven of feathers

136
84.

Diagram showing method of fastening the ends of feathers in belt

137
85.

Woman’s belt of wolverine toes

137
86. Belt-fastener 138
87. Man with tattooed cheeks 139
88.

Woman with ordinary tattooing

140
89.

Man’s method of wearing the hair

141
90. Earrings 143
91.

Plug for enlarging labret hole

144
92.

Labret of beads and ivory

145
93.

Blue and white labret from Anderson River

146
94. Oblong labret of bone 147
95.

Oblong labret of soapstone

147
11 96. Ancient labret 148
97. Beads of amber 149
98. Hair combs 150
99. Slate knives 151
100. Slate knife-blade 152
101. Slate knife 152
102. Slate knife 152
103. Slate hunting-knife 152
104.

Blade of slate hunting-knife

153
105. Large slate knife 153
106.

Large single-edged slate knife

153
107. Blades of knives 154
108. Peculiar slate knife 154
109.

Knife with whalebone blade

155
110. Small iron knife 155
111. Small iron knives 156
112. Iron hunting knife 156
113. Large crooked knife 158
114.

Large crooked knife with sheath

158
115. Small crooked knives 159
116. Crooked knife 159
117.

Crooked knives, flint-bladed

160
118.

Slate-bladed crooked knives

161
119.

Woman’s knife, steel blade

161
120.

Woman’s knife, slate blade

162
121.

Woman’s knife, slate blade

162
122.

Woman’s knife, slate blade

162
123.

Woman’s knife, slate blade

162
124.

Woman’s ancient slate-bladed knife

163
125.

Ancient bone handle for woman’s knife

163
126. Large knife of slate 163
127.

Woman’s knife of flaked flint

164
128. Hatchet hafted as an adz 165
129. Hatchet hafted as an adz 166
130. Adz-head of jade 167
131. Adz-head of jade 167
132. Hafted jade adz 168
133.

Adz-head of jade and bone

168
134.

Adz-head of bone and iron, without eyes

168
135.

Adz-head of bone and iron, with vertical eyes

169
136.

Adz-head of bone and iron, with vertical eyes

169
137. Hafted bone and iron adz 169
138.

Hafted bone and stone adz

170
139.

Small adz-blade of green jade

170
140.

Hafted adz of bone and flint

171
141.

Old cooper’s adz, rehafted

171
142. Adz with bone blade 172
143. Antler chisel 173
144. Antler chisel 173
145.

Spurious tool, flint blade

173
146.

Whalebone shave, slate blade

174
147.

Saw made of deer’s scapula

175
148. Saw made of a case-knife 175
149. Bow drill 176
150. Bow drill and mouthpiece 176
12 151. Bow drill 177
152. Drill bow 177
153. Drill bows 178
154. Spliced drill bow 178
155.

Drill mouthpiece with iron socket

179
156.

Drill mouthpiece without wings

179
157. Bone-pointed drill 179
158. Handles for drill cords 180
159. Flint-bladed reamers 182
160. Flint-bladed reamers 182
161. Awl 182
162. Jade whetstones 183
163. Jade whetstones 184
164. Wooden tool-boxes 185
165. Large wooden tool-boxes 186
166.

Tool-bag of wolverine skin

187
167.

Tool-bag of wolverine skin

188
168.

Drills belonging to the tool-bag

189
169.

Comb for deerskins in the tool-bag

189
170. Bag handles 190
171. Bag of leather 190
172. Little hand-club 191
173.

Slungshot made of walrus jaw

191
174. Dagger of bear’s bone 192
175. Bone daggers 192
176. So-called dagger of bone 193
177. Boy’s bow from Utkiavwiñ 196
178. Loop at end of bowstring 197
179. Large bow from Nuwŭk 197
180. Large bow from Sidaru 198
181.

Feathering of the Eskimo arrow

201
182.

Flint-headed arrow (kukĭksadlĭñ)

202
183. Long flint pile 202
184. Short flint pile 202
185. Heart-shaped flint pile 203
186.

(a) Arrow with “after pile” (ipudligadlĭñ); (b) arrow with iron pile (savidlĭñ); (c) arrow with iron pile (savidlĭñ); (d) arrow with copper pile (savidlĭñ); (e) deer-arrow (nûtkodlĭñ)

203
187.

Pile of deer arrow (nûtkăñ)

205
188. “Kûnmûdlĭñ” arrow pile 205
189.

(a) Fowl arrow (tugalĭñ); (b) bird arrow (kixodwain)

206
190. Bow case and quivers 208
191. Quiver rod 209
192. Cap for quiver rod 209
193. Bracer 210
194. Bracer of bone 210
195. Bird dart 211
196. Point for bird dart 212
197.

Ancient point for bird dart

212
198. Point for bird dart 213
199.

Bird dart with double point

213
200. Ancient ivory dart head 214
201. Bone dart head 214
202. Nozzle for bladder float 215
203. Seal dart 215
13 204. Foreshaft of seal dart 217
205. Throwing board for darts 217
206. Harpoon head 218
207. Harpoon head 219
208.

Ancient bone harpoon head

219
209.

(a) Ancient bone harpoon head; (b) variants of this type

220
210. Bone harpoon head 220
211. Bone harpoon head 220
212.

Harpoon head, bone and stone

221
213.

Harpoon head, bone and stone

221
214. Walrus harpoons 224
215.

Typical walrus-harpoon heads

226
216.

Typical walrus-harpoon heads

226
217.

Typical walrus-harpoon heads

227
218.

Walrus-harpoon head, with “leader”

227
219.

Walrus-harpoon head, with line

228
220.

Walrus-harpoon head, with line

228
221.

Walrus-harpoon head, with line

229
222.

Foreshaft of walrus harpoon

230
223.

Harpoon head for large seals

230
224. Retrieving seal harpoon 231
225.

Details of retrieving seal harpoon

232
226.

Jade blade for seal harpoon

233
227.

Seal harpoon for thrusting

233
228.

Diagram of lashing on shaft

234
229. Model of a seal harpoon 235
230.

Large model of whale harpoon

235
231.

Model of whale harpoon, with floats

236
232.

Flint blade for whale harpoon

237
233.

Slate blade for whale harpoon

237
234.

Body of whale harpoon head

238
235. Whale harpoon heads 238
236.

Whale harpoon head with “leader”

239
237.

Foreshaft of whale harpoon

239
238. Whale lance 240
239.

Flint head of whale lance

241
240.

Flint heads for whale lances

241
241. Bear lance 242
242.

Flint head for bear lance

242
243. Deer lance 243
244.

Part of deer lance with flint head

243
245. Deer lance, flint head 244
246.

Flint head for deer lance

244
247.

Bird bolas, looped up for carrying

245
248.

Bird bolas, ready for use

245
249. Sealskin float 247
250. Flipper toggles 248
251. Boxes for harpoon heads 249
252. Seal net 251
253.

Scratchers for decoying seals

253
254. Seal rattle 254
255. Seal indicators 255
256. Sealing stool 255
257. Seal drag and handles 257
258. Whalebone wolf killers 259
14 259. Wooden snow-goggles 261
260. Bone snow-goggles 262
261.

Wooden snow-goggles, unusual form

262
262. Marker for meat cache 262
263. Marker for meat cache 263
264. Tackle for shore fishing 279
265. Knot of line into hook 279
266. Small fish-hooks 280
267. Hooks for river fishing 280
268. Tackle for river fishing 280
269.

Burbot hook, first pattern

281
270.

Burbot hook, second pattern

281
271.

Burbot hook, made of cod hook

281
272. Burbot tackle, baited 281
273. Ivory sinker 282
274.

Ivory jigger for polar cod

282
275. Section of whalebone net 284
276. Mesh of sinew net 285
277. Fish trap 285
278. Fish spear 286
279. Flint flakers 288
280. Haft of flint flaker 288
281.

Flint flaker, with bone blade

289
282.

Fire drill, with mouthpiece and stock

289
283.

Set of bow-and-arrow tools

291
284. Marline spike 292
285. Marline spike 292
286.

“Twister” for working sinew backing of bow

293
287. “Feather setter” 294
288. Tool of antler 294
289. Skin scraper 295
290.

Skin scrapers—handles only

295
291. Skin scrapers 296
292. Skin scraper 296
293.

Peculiar modification of scraper

296
294. Skin scraper 297
295. Skin scraper 297
296. Skin scraper 297
297.

Flint blade for skin scraper

298
298. Straight-hafted scraper 298
299. Bone scraper 299
300. Scraper cups 299
301.

Combs for cleaning deer-skins

301
302.

“Double slit” splice for rawhide lines

302
303. Mattock of whale’s rib 303
304.

Pickax-heads of bone, ivory, and whale’s rib

303
305. Ivory snow knife 305
306. Snow shovels 305
307.

Snow shovel made of a whale’s scapula

307
308. Snow pick 307
309. Snow drill 308
310. Ice scoop 308
311. Long blubber hook 310
312.

Short-handled blubber hook

310
313. Fish sealer 311
15 314. Ivory shuttle 311
315. Netting needle 312
316. Mesh stick 312
317. Netting needles 313
318.

Netting needles for seal net

314
319. Netting needle 314
320. Mesh sticks 314
321. Netting weights 316
322.

Shuttle belonging to set of feather tools

316
323. Mesh stick 317
324.

“Sword” for feather weaving

317
325.

Quill case of bone needles

318
326.

(a) Large bone needle and peculiar thimble; (b) Leather thimbles with bone needles

318
327.

Needle cases with belt hooks

320
328.

(a) Needle case with belt hook; (b) needle case open, showing bone needles

321
329. Trinket boxes 323
330. Trinket boxes 324
331. Ivory box 325
332. Bone box 325
333. Little flask of ivory 325
334. Box in shape of deer 325
335. Small basket 326
336. Small basket 326
337. Small basket 327
338. Kaiak 329
339.

Method of fastening together frame of kaiak

329
340. Double kaiak paddle 330
341. Model kaiak and paddle 334
342. Frame of umiak 336
343.

(a) Method of fastening bilge-streaks to stem of umiak; (b) method of framing rib to gunwale, etc.

337
344.

Method of slinging the oar of umiak

339
345.

(a) Model of umiak and paddles; (b) model of umiak, inside plan

340
346. Ivory bailer for umiak 340
347. Ivory crotch for harpoon 341
348. Ivory crotch for harpoon 342
349.

Crotch for harpoon made of walrus jaw

342
350. Snowshoe 345
351. Knot in snowshoe netting 346
352.

(a) First round of heel-netting of snowshoe; (b) first and second round of heel-netting of snowshoe

347
353.

(a) First round of heel-netting of snowshoe; (b) first, second, and third rounds of heel-netting of snowshoe

348
354. Small snowshoe 350
355. Old “chief,” with staffs 353
356.

Railed sledge (diagrammatic), from photograph

354
357. Flat sledge 355
358.

Small sledge with ivory runners

355
359.

Small toboggan of whalebone

357
360.

Hunting score engraved on ivory

361
361.

Hunting score engraved on ivory, obverse and reverse

362
362.

Hunting score engraved on ivory

362
363.

Hunting score engraved on ivory, obverse and reverse

363
16 364.

Game of fox and geese from Plover Bay

365
365. Dancing cap 365
366. Wooden mask 366
367.

Wooden mask and dancing gorget

367
368. Old grotesque mask 368
369. Rude mask of wood 369
370. Wolf mask of wood 369
371. Very ancient small mask 369
372. Dancing gorgets of wood 371
373.

Youth dancing to the aurora

375
374. Whirligigs 377
375. Teetotum 378
376. Buzz toy 378
377. Whizzing stick 379
378. Pebble snapper 379
379. Carving of human head 380
380.

Mechanical doll—drum-player

381
381.

Mechanical toy—kaiak paddler

381
382.

Kaiak carved from block of wood

382
383. Drum 385
384.

Handle of drum secured to rim

386
385. Drum handles 387
386. Ivory drumsticks 388
387.

Ancient carving—human head

393
388. Wooden figures 393
389.

Carving—face of Eskimo man

394
390.

Grotesque soapstone image—“walrus man”

394
391. Bone image of dancer 395
392. Bone image of man 396
393. Grotesque bone image 396
394.

Bone image—sitting man

396
395.

Human figure carved from walrus ivory

396
396.

Ivory carving—three human heads

397
397.

Rude human head, carved from a walrus tooth

397
398. Elaborate ivory carving 398
399. Bear carved of soapstone 398
400. Bear flaked from flint 399
401.

(a) Bear carved from bone; (b) bear’s head

399
402. Ivory figures of bears 400
403.

Rude ivory figures of walrus

401
404.

Images of seal—wood and bone

401
405.

White whale carved from gypsum

402
406.

Wooden carving—whale

403
407.

Whale carved from soapstone

403
408. Rude flat image of whale 404
409. Ivory image of whale 404
410. Ivory image of whale 404
411.

Pair of little ivory whales

405
412.

Soapstone image of imaginary animal

405
413.

Ivory carving, seal with fish’s head

405
414.

Ivory carving, ten-legged bear

406
415.

Ivory carving, giant holding whales

406
416.

Double-headed animal carved from antler

407
417. Ivory carving—dog 407
17 418.

(a) Piece of ivory, engraved with figures; (b) development of pattern

408
419.

(a) Similar engraved ivory; (b) development of pattern

408
420. Ivory doll 409
421. Whale flaked from glass 435
422.

Whale flaked from red jasper

435
423.

Ancient whale amulet, of wood

436
424.

Amulet of whaling—stuffed godwit

438
425.

Amulet consisting of ancient jade adz

438
426.

Little box containing amulet for whaling

439
427.

Amulet for catching fowl with bolas

439
428.

Box of dried bees—amulet

440
18

see caption

The Hunting Grounds
of the
Point Barrow Eskimo

Based on Lieut. P. H. Ray’s “Map of
Explorations in Northwestern Alaska,”
Signal Service, U.S.A. 1885
Completed by
John Murdoch

INDEX.

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 A   B   C   D   E   F   G   H   I   J   K   L 
 M   N   O   P   Q   R   S   T   U   V   W 

A.

Adornment by Eskimo   138, 140-149

Adzes of the Eskimo, general description   165-172

of steel or iron   165-166, 168, 171

of jade   166-168, 170

of bone   168-172

Amulets of the Eskimo, how carried   434

whales of glass, wood, and stone   435-436

reindeer antler   436

parts of various animals   437-438, 441

ancient weapons and implements   438, 439

stones   437

of seal skin for catching fowls   439

of dried bees   440

Animals of the Point Barrow region, Alaska   55-59

Apúya. (See Snow-houses of Eskimo.)

Arm clothing of Eskimo   123-125

Arrows of the Eskimo   201-207

Art of the Eskimo, incised patterns   389-391

painting   390-392

carving in various materials   392

carvings of human figures   373-398

carvings of quadrupeds   398-401, 406-407

carvings of walrus and seal   401-402

carvings of whales   402-406

carvings of various objects   406-409

pencil drawings   410

Automatons of the Eskimo   372-373

Awls of the Eskimo   181, 182

B.

Bags, for tobacco   68-69

for tools   187-190

Bailer for Eskimo umiak   340, 341

Baird, Spencer F., acknowledgments to   19, 20

Baskets of the Eskimo   326-327

Beads of the Eskimo   149

Bear, Eskimo lance for hunting   240

Bear arrows of the Eskimo   202

Beechey, Frederick W., work consulted   21

description of Eskimo bracer   210

description of Eskimo seal dart   218

cited on Eskimo seal nets   252

description of Eskimo umiak   343

cited on Eskimo superstitions   434

Beggary among Point Barrow Eskimo   42

Belt fasteners of Eskimo   138

Belts of Eskimo   135-138

Bessels, Emil, acknowledgments to   20

description of Eskimo lamp   108

cited on Eskimo bows   199

cited on fire-making by Eskimo   290

cited on Eskimo dog sledges   360

cited on Eskimo abduction   411

cited on infantcide among Eskimo   417

cited on Eskimo children   419

cited on Eskimo mourning   425

Bird-darts of the Eskimo   210-214

Birds of the Point Barrow region, Alaska   56-58

Eskimo bolas for catching   244-246

Blubber-holder for Eskimo lamp   108-109

Blubber hooks for the Eskimo   310-311

Blubber rooms of Point Barrow Eskimo   76

Boas, Franz, acknowledgments to   20

work consulted   21

cited on Eskimo harpoons   221

cited on Eskimo kaiaks   331

cited on Eskimo umiaks   338

cited on Eskimo jackstones   365

cited on Eskimo customs concerning childbirth   415

Bolas of the Eskimo   244-246

Bone-crushers of the Eskimo   93-99

Boots of Eskimo   129-135

Borers of the Eskimo   175-182

Bow and arrow making by the Eskimo   291-294

Bow cases of the Eskimo   207-209

Bowls, for meat, of the Eskimo   89

Bows of the Eskimo   195-200

Boxes of the Eskimo, for tools   185-187

for harpoon heads   247-251

for trinkets   323-326

Bracelets of the Eskimo   148-149

Bracers for Eskimo bows   209-210

Braiding and twisting, Eskimo implements for   311-312

Breeches of Eskimo   125-129

Buckets of the Eskimo   86-88

Builders’ tools of the Eskimo   302-304

Burials, Eskimo, manner of preparing the corpse   424

implements of the deceased buried with him   424, 426

protection of corpse from animals   425

disposal of the corpse   425-426

mourning for the dead   425

cremation of the dead   426

dog’s head placed near child’s grave   426

C.

Cache frames, for storage of property by Point Barrow Eskimo   75-76

sleds used for   82

Calls, for decoying seal   253-254

Canteens of the Eskimo   86

Carvings of the Eskimo   393-409

“Chiefs” of the Eskimo   429-430

Childbirth, Eskimo customs of   86, 414-415

Children, number of, among the Point Barrow Eskimo   38-39

Eskimo, number of births of   38-39, 414, 419

isolation of mother during birth of   86, 415

toys of   376-383

dolls of   380-381

sports of   383-385

term of nursing   415

method of carrying during infancy   415-416

infanticide   416-417

affection of parents for   417-419

rearing and education of   417-418

amusements of   417

adoption of   419

given away by parents   419

burial of   426-427

Chisels of the Eskimo   172-173

Climate of Point Barrow, Alaska   30-32

Clothing of Eskimo at Point Barrow, material of   109-110

style of   110-138

head clothing   112

frocks, description of   113-121

frocks, trimming of   114, 119

mantles   121-122

rain frocks   122

mittens   123, 125

arm clothing   128-125

gloves   124

leg and foot clothing   128-135

breeches   125-129

pantaloons   126-129

stockings   129

boots   129-135

shoes   129-135

ice-creepers   135

belts   135-138

belt-fasteners   138

ornaments   138

Club, used as Eskimo weapon   191

Clubhouse, or kû´dyĭgi of Eskimo   79-80

Coal of the Point Barrow region, Alaska   61

Combs, Eskimo   149-150, 189

for dressing deerskins   300, 301

Communal house of east Greenlanders   76

Cook, James, works consulted   21

description of Eskimo houses by   78

Cooking among the Point Barrow Eskimo   63

Crantz, David, work consulted   21

cited on Eskimo saws   174

cited on Eskimo bows   199

cited on Eskimo harpoons   222, 243

cited on seal catching by Greenlanders   256

cited on whale catching by Greenlanders   275, 276

cited on Eskimo fishing   284

cited on fire-making by Eskimo   290

cited on Eskimo umiak   337, 338

cited on condition of Greenland widows   414

cited on mode of carrying Eskimo infants   416

cited on Eskimo burials   426, 427

quoted on Eskimo amulets   437-440

Cremation of the dead by Eskimo   426

Crotches for harpoon in Eskimo umiak   341-343

Cups of Eskimo   101

Cups, scraper, for dressing skins   299-300

D.

Daggers of bone of the Eskimo   191-192

Dall, William H., acknowledgments to   20

works consulted   21

description of Eskimo houses by   76, 78

cited on Eskimo clothing   125

cited on Eskimo labrets   143, 144, 145, 146, 148

cited on Eskimo seal nets   252

cited on customs of Eskimo whale fishing   274

cited on Eskimo fishing   286

cited on fire-making by Eskimo   290

cited on Eskimo umiak   344

cited on Eskimo snowshoes   352

cited on Eskimo sledges   357

cited on Eskimo masks   370

cited on Eskimo dance   376

cited on Eskimo music   389

cited on personal habits of Eskimo   421

cited on mortuary customs of Eskimo   424, 425, 427

Davis, John, works consulted   21, 22

description of Eskimo house by   77

description of fire-making by Eskimo   290

quoted on Eskimo burials   426

quoted on Eskimo amulets   434

cited on Indian medicine-men   167

Deer, Eskimo lance for hunting   240-244

Demarcation Point (Alaska), called Herschel Island   26

Eskimo villages at   43

Demons, Eskimo belief concerning   431-434

Dippers of Eskimo, of horn   101, 102

of ivory   103

Diseases of the Point Barrow Eskimo   39-40

Divorce among the Eskimo   411-412

Doctors, Eskimo   422-423

Dogs of the Eskimo   357-360

Dolls of Eskimo children   380-381

Domestic life of the Eskimo   410-421

Drags for hauling seal   256-259

Drill bows of the Eskimo   176-182

Drills of the Eskimo   175-182, 189

Drinking vessels of Eskimo   101-105

Drinks of the Point Barrow Eskimo   64-65

Drums of the Eskimo   385

Drumsticks of the Eskimo   388

E.

Earrings of the Eskimo   142-143

Eating, time and frequency of, among Point Barrow Eskimo   63-64

Egede, Hans, work consulted   22

cited on Eskimo diet   64

cited on Eskimo drinks   65

description of Eskimo tents   85

cited on Eskimo saws   174

cited on Eskimo bows   199

cited on seal catching   256, 269

description of Eskimo deer hunt   265

cited on Eskimo whale hunting   272, 275

cited on Eskimo fishing   284, 286

cited on Eskimo fire making   290

cited on Eskimo umiak rowing   335

cited on Eskimo umiak oars   339, 343

quoted on Eskimo divorce   412

cited on exchange of wives by Eskimo   413

quoted on treatment of Eskimo women   414

cited on Eskimo customs in childbirth   415

quoted on personal habits of Greenlanders   421

cited on Eskimo mortuary custom   424

quoted on burial of Eskimo children   426

cited on Eskimo burials   427

Ellis, H., work consulted   22

cited on Eskimo fire making   290

Elson, —, visited Refuge Inlet, Alaska   52

visited Point Barrow   65

cited on Eskimo salutations   422

Elson Bay, Alaska, location of   27

Eskimo of Point Barrow, isolation of   26

range of   26-27

Excavating tools of the Eskimo   302-304

F.

Feces and entrails of animals eaten by Point Barrow Eskimo   62

Feather-setter for making Eskimo arrows   294

Festivals of the Eskimo   365, 373-376

Fetus of reindeer eaten by Point Barrow Eskimo   61

Files of the Eskimo   182

Finger rings of the Eskimo   149

Firearms, introduction of and use by the Point Barrow Eskimo   53

Firearms of the Eskimo   193-195

Fire making by the Eskimo, with drill   289-291

with flint and steel   291

kindlings   291

Fishery season among the Eskimo   282-283

Fishes of the Point Barrow region, Alaska   58

Fishhooks of the Eskimo   279-284

Fishing, manner of, by the Eskimo   283

Fishing implements of the Eskimo   278-287

Fish lines of the Eskimo   278-284

Fish nets of the Eskimo   284-286

Fish scaler of the Eskimo   311

Flint flakers of the Eskimo   287-289

Flint working by the Eskimo   287-289

Flipper toggles for Eskimo harpoons   247

Floats for Eskimo seal darts   215

for Eskimo whale harpoons   236, 246-247

Food of the Point Barrow Eskimo   61-63

Food, preparation of, by Point Barrow Eskimo   63

Fox, Eskimo method of hunting   264

Franklin, Sir John, works consulted   22

cited on Eskimo deer-hunting   265

cited on Eskimo mode of carrying infants   416

cited on Eskimo snowshoes   352

Frobisher, works consulted   22

cited on Eskimo bows   200

cited on Eskimo arrows   205

description of Eskimo umiak   339

Frocks of Eskimo   113-121

G.

Gambling among the Eskimo   364-365

Games of the Eskimo   364

Ghosts, Eskimo belief concerning   431-434

Gilder, W. H., work consulted   22

cited on Eskimo wolf-killer   259

quoted on exchange of wives by Eskimo   413

cited on Eskimo children   419

Gloves of Eskimo   124

Goggles, snow, of the Eskimo   260-262

Gorgets of the Eskimo   370

Government among the Eskimo, in the family   437

in the village   427

influence of elders   427

public opinion   427-428

“chiefs” are simply wealthy men   429-430

influence of property in   428-430

umialiks   429-430

Graah, W. A., works consulted   22

quoted on Eskimo ghosts or demons   431

H.

Hardisty, Wm. Lucas, letter of, regarding Rat Indians   50-51

Harness for Eskimo dogs   358-360

Harpoon boxes of the Eskimo   247-251

Harpoons of the Eskimo, for throwing   218-233

retrieving   230-231

for thrusting   233-240

Hazen, Wm. B., acknowledgments to   20

Habitations of Point Barrow Eskimo   72-86

Habits, personal, of the Point Barrow Eskimo   420-421

Hair, Eskimo, method of wearing   140-142

Hall, Charles Francis, works consulted   22

cited on Eskimo whale fishery   274

cited on Eskimo sledge shoes   353

Hammers of the Eskimo   182

Handles for Eskimo drill cords   180

for Eskimo tool bags   190

for Eskimo seal drags   237-239

for Eskimo drums   386-387

Head bands, use of, by the Eskimo   112

Head clothing of Eskimo   112

Healing among the Eskimo   422-423

Henshaw, W. H., cited on amulets of Eskimo   439

Herendeen, E. P., interpreter of Point Barrow expedition   19

cited on Eskimo reindeer-hunting   256

cited on float for whaling   247

cited on Eskimo whale-hunting   272

cited on Eskimo gambling   364

description of Eskimo dance   374-375

Holm, G., work consulted   22

description of Eskimo house by   77

description of Eskimo tattooing   139

quoted on Eskimo marriages   411, 412, 413

quoted on Eskimo children   416, 418

quoted on Eskimo burials   425, 426

quoted on Eskimo government   427

quoted on Eskimo amulets   441

Hooper, C. L., work consulted   23

description of Eskimo kû´dyĭgi   80

description of Eskimo tattooing   138

cited on Eskimo knives   159

cited on firearms among the Eskimo   193

cited on Eskimo spears   240

Hospitality, prevalence of, among Point Barrow Eskimo   42

prevents saving of food by Point Barrow Eskimo   64

House, winter, of the Eskimo   72-78

plans of   72, 73, 77

entrance passage to   73

interior of   73, 74

window of   74

sleeping place of   74, 75

heating of   74

furniture of   75

number of occupants of   75

when occupied   76

built of bones   77

Household utensils of the Eskimo. (See Utensils, household.)

Hunting, methods of the Eskimo, the polar bear   263

the wolf   263-264

the fox   264

the reindeer   264-268

the seal   268-272

Hunting, methods of the Eskimo, the walrus   272

the whale   272-276

fowl   276-278

Hunting scores of the Eskimo   361-364

I.

Ice, formation and movements of, at Point Barrow, Alaska   31-32

Ice creepers of Eskimo   135

Iglu (See House, winter, of Eskimo.)

Ikpikpûñ River, Alaska, location of   29

Imérnya, Alaska, location of   27

Implements of the Eskimo. (See Tools of the Eskimo.)

Implements, Eskimo, for procuring and preparing food   310-316

Indians of Northern Alaska, intercourse of the Point Barrow Eskimo with   49

Indicators used in catching seal   254-255

Insects of the Point Barrow region, Alaska   59

International Polar expedition, organization and work of   19

Isolation of the Point Barrow Eskimo   26

Itkû´dlîñ, habitat and description of   49-51

J.

Jigger of Eskimo, fishing tackle   282, 283

K.

Kaiaks of the Eskimo   328-335

Kane, Elisha Kent, works consulted   23

cited on Eskimo frocks   118

cited on Eskimo harpoons   222, 243

description of Eskimo kaiak by   334

description of Eskimo dog harness   359

Kilauwitawiñ, Alaska, Eskimo village   44

Klutschak, Heinrich W., work consulted   24

cited on Eskimo wolf killers   259

cited on Eskimo deer hunting   268

cited on Eskimo customs of childbirth   415

Knives of the Eskimo, general description   150-165

method of using   150-151

of slate, for men   151-155

of whalebone   155

of iron and steel   155-160

of flint   160

for women   161-164

fish-cutters   164-165

for cutting snow and ice   304-305

Koyukun Indians of Alaska, character of   50, 51

Krause Brothers, work consulted   23

cited on Eskimo archery   207

cited on Eskimo bolas   246

cited on Eskimo fowl hunting   278

quoted on burial of Eskimo   426

quoted on Eskimo property customs   428, 429

Kuáru River, Alaska, position of   29

Kûdyĭgi, use of term by Eskimo   79-80

Kulúiagrua, or Meade River, Alaska, description of   29

Eskimo fishing in   58

Kumlien, Ludwig, work consulted   23

cited on Eskimo knives   161

cited on Eskimo arrows   201

cited on Eskimo archery   207

cited on Eskimo harpoons   221

cited on Eskimo lance   242

cited on seal burrows   271

cited on Eskimo fishing   287

cited on Eskimo umiak   343

cited on Eskimo snowshoes   352

cited on Eskimo masks   370

cited on marriage ceremonies of Eskimo   411

cited on exchange of wives by Eskimo   413

cited on childbirth customs of Eskimo   415

cited on Eskimo’s method of carrying infants   416

quoted on Eskimo amulets   437

Kûñmûdliñ, habitat of   43, 45, 46, 47

Kupûñmiun, habitat of   45, 48, 49

L.

Labrets of the Eskimo, description of   143-148

lancets for making incision for   144

plug for enlarging hole for   144

glass stopples used for   145

Ladles of Eskimo, of horn   104

of bone   104-105

Lamplighters of Eskimo   106

Lamps of Eskimo   105-109

Lances of the Eskimo, for whale   240-242

for bear   240

for deer   240-244

Liquors, introduction among the Point Barrow Eskimo   54

taste for, of the Point Barrow Eskimo   65

List of works consulted in preparation of paper on Point Barrow Eskimo   20-25

Lyon, G. F., work consulted   23

description of Eskimo houses   72

cited on Eskimo harpoons   221

cited on Eskimo fire-making   290

cited on Eskimo snow shovels   306

cited on Eskimo needlecases   322

cited on Eskimo basket weaving   327

cited on Eskimo kaiaks   333, 334

cited on Eskimo umiaks   339

cited on Eskimo sledge-shoes   353

M.

Maguire, commander of ship Plover, report of, consulted   23

visit of, to Point Barrow, Alaska   52

cited on Eskimo reindeer hunting   268

cited on Eskimo salutations   422

Mammals of the Point Barrow region, Alaska   55-56

Mantles of Eskimo   121-122

Marker for meat cache of the Eskimo   262-263

Marline spike of the Eskimo   291-292

Marriage customs of the Eskimo   410-413

Masks of the Eskimo   365-370

Mason, Otis T., acknowledgments to   20

cited on Eskimo basket weaving   326

Massingberd, Francis C., quoted on the Carmelites   358

Mattocks of the Eskimo   302-304

Mauls of the Eskimo, of stone   93-97

of bone   97-99

evolution of   98-99

McClure, cited on Eskimo whale fishery   276

Medicine, Eskimo   422-423

Medicine-men of the Eskimo   422-423

Mesh sticks of the Eskimo   312-315

Minerals of the Point Barrow region, Alaska   60-61

Mittens of Eskimo   123, 125

Morality of the Point Barrow Eskimo   41

Mortuary customs of the Eskimo   423-427

Mourning, Eskimo customs of   425

Mouthpiece for Eskimo drills   179

Music of the Eskimo   385-389

Musical instruments of the Eskimo   385-388

N.

Names among Point Barrow Eskimo   42-43

Narcotics, use of, by the Point Barrow Eskimo   65-72

Necklaces, of the Eskimo   148

Needles, sewing, of the Eskimo   318-319

netting, of the Eskimo   312-313

Needle cases of the Eskimo   318, 320-322

Netting needles of the Eskimo   312-313

Netting tools of the Eskimo   312-315

Netting weights of the Eskimo   315-316

Nets of the Eskimo, for catching seal   251

for catching fish   284-286

Nomenclature of the Eskimo of Northern Alaska   42-43, 46-48

Nordenskiöld, Adolf Eric, work consulted   24

describes bone-crushers of Eskimo   96

mention of Eskimo lamplighters   106

cited on clothing of Eskimo   110, 122

cited on Eskimo labrets   148

cited on Eskimo harpoons   220

cited on Eskimo bolas   246

cited on Eskimo seal rattle   254

cited on seal catching   270

cited on Eskimo fishing   283, 285, 286

cited on fire-making by Eskimo   289

cited on Eskimo skin-scrapers   298

cited on Eskimo ice picks   304

describes Eskimo ice scoop   309

cited on Eskimo kaiaks   333

cited on Eskimo sledge shoes   353

cited on Eskimo dog harness   359, 360

cited on Eskimo masks   370

cited on Eskimo drums   385

cited on Eskimo drawings   410

quoted on character of Eskimo children   418

quoted on indoor habits of Eskimo   420, 421

cited on Eskimo burials   426

cited on Eskimo government   430

cited on Eskimo superstitions   434

cited on Eskimo amulets   441

Nunatañmiun, intercourse of with the Point Barrow Eskimo   44-45, 48

Nuwŭk, Alaska, location of   26

population of   43

description of   79

O.

Oars for Eskimo umiak   338-340

Oldmixon, Geo. Scott, surgeon of Point Barrow expedition   19

Ooglaamie, Alaska, name used by mistake   26

Ornaments of the Eskimo, tattooing   138-140

painting   140

earrings   142-143

labrets   143-145

necklaces   148

bracelets   148-149

finger rings   149

beads   149

Orthography of Eskimo words   20

Owen, L. C., cited on Eskimo whale fishery   276

P.

Paddles for Eskimo kaiaks   331-335

Painting of face by Eskimo   140

Painting of the Eskimo   390-392

Pantaloons of Eskimo   126-189

Parry, Wm. Edward, works consulted   24

cited on Eskimo diet   61

description of Eskimo lamp   106

cited on Eskimo frocks   115

cited on Eskimo knives   157, 160

cited on Eskimo saws   174

cited on Eskimo kaiaks   333

account of Eskimo music by   389

quoted on treatment of Eskimo women   413, 414

cited on character of Eskimo women   420

quoted on Eskimo burials   426

cited on Eskimo amulets   436, 440

Pastimes of the Eskimo   364

Petitot, E. F. J., works of, on the Eskimo   24

nomenclature of the Eskimo people   46-48, 51

description of Eskimo house by   77

description of Eskimo lamps by   106

description of Eskimo clothing by   120, 123, 129, 138

cited on Eskimo mode of wearing the hair   140, 141

cited on Eskimo labrets   143

cited on Eskimo sledge shoes   353

description of method of carrying Eskimo infants by   416

quoted on Eskimo amulets   440

Petroff, Ivan, work consulted   24

cited on Eskimo wolf-killer   259

cited on Eskimo burials   427

cited on Eskimo "chiefs"   429

Physical characteristics of Point Barrow Eskimo   33-39

Pickers for pipes, used by Point Barrow Eskimo   67

Picks and pickaxes of the Eskimo   302-304, 307-308

Pipe, extemporized, by an Eskimo   68

Pipes, description of, used by Point Barrow Eskimo   66-68, 70-71

Eskimo terms for   70

Plants of the Point Barrow region, Alaska   59-60

Point Barrow, Alaska, topography of region of   27-29

Plover, the visit of the, to Point Barrow, Alaska   52

Polygamy among the Eskimo   411

Population of Point Barrow Eskimo   43

Pots of the Eskimo, description of   90-92

Pouches, tobacco, description of, used by Point Barrow Eskimo   68-69

Property rights among the Eskimo   428-430

Prostitution among the Eskimo   419-420

Psychical characteristics of the Point Barrow Eskimo   40-42

Q.

Quiver rods of the Eskimo   209

Quivers of the Eskimo   207-209

R.

Rae, John, work consulted   24

cited on Eskimo fire-making   290

Rainfall at Point Barrow, Alaska   31

Rain-frocks of Eskimo   122

Rat Indians of Alaska   49-50

Rattles for decoying seal   254

Rau, Charles, cited on Eskimo knives   164, 165

cited on Eskimo bird darts   214

Ray, P. H., commander of Fort Barrow expedition   19

works consulted   24

description of pits for trapping reindeer   268

description of Eskimo house, kû´dyĭgi   80

cited on Eskimo diet   64

cited on Eskimo property marks   428

quoted on Eskimo ghosts   432

cited on Eskimo tabu   434

description of Eskimo dance   374

Reamers, flint bladed, of Eskimo   181-182

Reindeer, Eskimo method of hunting   264-268

Religion of the Eskimo, difficulty of gaining information concerning   430

rôle of the wizards or shamans in   430-131

tuaña, or demons, of   421-434

manner of driving away evil spirits   432-433

seal and walrus heads, superstitions concerning   434

sacrifices to supernatural beings   433

Resources, natural, of the Point Barrow region, Alaska   55-61

Retrieving harpoon of the Eskimo   230-231

Richardson, Sir John, works consulted   24

cited on Eskimo burials   426

Rink, Henrik Johan, acknowledgments to   20

works consulted   24, 25

description of Eskimo kûdyĭgi   80

description of Eskimo snow houses by   81

cited on Eskimo whale-fishing   274

cited on Eskimo fishing   287

cited on Eskimo kaiaks   332

quoted on property customs of the Eskimo   428, 429

cited on Eskimo demonology   431, 432

cited on Eskimo food superstitions   434

quoted on Eskimo amulets   435, 436, 437

Ross, John, works consulted   25

cited on Eskimo diet   62

Ruins of Eskimo houses near Point Barrow   79

S.

Sail of Eskimo umiak   338

Salutation among the Eskimo   422

Saws of the Eskimo   174-175

Scaffolds, for storage of property, by Point Barrow Eskimo   75-76

Schwatka, Frederick, works consulted   25

cited on Eskimo wolf-killer   259

cited on Eskimo sledge-shoes   354

Scoops, ice, of the Eskimo   308-309

Scores, hunting, of the Eskimo   361-364

Scoresby, Capt. William, work consulted   25

cited on Eskimo arrows   207

cited on Eskimo burials   426

Scrapers for dressing skins   294-300

Scratchers for decoying seal   253-254

Seal darts of the Eskimo   214-218

calls for decoying   253-254

rattles for decoying   254

indicators used in catching   254-255

stool used in catching   255

drags for hauling   256-259

methods of hunting   268-272

Eskimo superstition concerning skulls of   434

Sewing, Eskimo implements for   317-323

Shamans, Eskimo   422, 423, 431

Shoes of Eskimo   129-135

Shovels, snow, of the Eskimo   305

Sidaru, Eskimo village of, Alaska   44

Simpson, John, work consulted   25

visit to Point Barrow   52, 53

descriptions of Eskimo houses by   78

descriptions of Eskimo villages   79

cited on ownership of Eskimo dwellings   79

description of Eskimo tents   84

description of Eskimo of Point Barrow   33, 36, 38, 39

“burglar-alarm” of Eskimo described by   41

cited on Eskimo commerce   48

cited on Eskimo language   53

cited on use of tobacco among Eskimo   65

description of Eskimo tents   84

description of Eskimo clothing   110, 125, 128, 130, 138

cited on Eskimo earrings   142

cited on Eskimo labrets   143, 146

cited on Eskimo knives   157, 161

cited on Eskimo arrows   201

cited on Eskimo seal nets   252

cited on Eskimo whale fishery   274

cited on fire-making by Eskimo   289

cited on Eskimo needle cases   322

cited on Eskimo kaiaks   328

cited on Eskimo snowshoes   351, 352

cited on Eskimo festivals   376

description of Eskimo marriage customs   410, 413

cited on Eskimo divorce   412, 413

description of condition of Eskimo women   414

cited on infanticide among Eskimo   417

cited on Eskimo children   419

quoted on conduct of Eskimo women   420

cited on Eskimo "chiefs"   429

cited on Eskimo demonology   431, 433

Simpson, Thomas, work consulted   25

visit of, to Point Barrow   52

cited on use of tobacco by Eskimo   70

cited on Eskimo fishing   285

description of fire-making by Eskimo   289

cited on Eskimo umiak oars   339

quoted on Eskimo salutation   422

Sinker for Eskimo fish line   282

Skin ornamentation by Eskimo, tattooing   138-140

Skin painting   140

Skin-working, Eskimo implements for   294-301

Skulls of seals and walrus, Eskimo superstitions concerning   434

Sledges of the Eskimo   353-357

Slungshot used as Eskimo weapon   191

Smith, E. E., cited on Eskimo whale fishery   275

Smoking, methods and habits of, among Point Barrow Eskimo   69-72

Snowfall at Point Barrow, Alaska   31

Snow house of Eskimo, description of   81-83

fireplace of   81

plan of   82

windows of   82

used as storehouses   83

used as workshops   83

tools used in making   83

Snowshoes of the Eskimo   344-352

Social surroundings of the Point Barrow Eskimo   43-55

Song of the Eskimo   389

Spears of the Eskimo, for fishing   286-287

Spoons of Eskimo   104

Sports of Eskimo children   383-385

Staff, use of by the Eskimo   353

Stockings of Eskimo   129

Stool used by Eskimo in catching seal   255

Subsistence, means of, of the Point Barrow Eskimo   61-65

Surgery, Eskimo   423

Sutherland, P. C., work consulted   25

cited on Eskimo pathology   40

T.

Tabu among the Eskimo, concerning a woman in childbirth   415

on the occasion of a death   423-424

of certain foods to certain persons   433-434

Taρéoρment, habitat of   46-47

Tăsyûkpûñ, Great Lake, Alaska, description of   29-30

Tattooing by Eskimo   138-140

Tempering metals, Eskimo knowledge of   182-183

Tents of the Eskimo, direction of front   79

used as summer dwellings   83

construction of   84

used for women during confinement   86

used for sewing rooms   86

Thimble-boxes of the Eskimo   322-323

Thimbles of the Eskimo   318-319

Thongs, manufacture of by the Eskimo   301-302

Thread, Eskimo   317-318

Throwing-boards for Eskimo seal-darts   217-218

Tobacco, use of, by the Point Barrow Eskimo   65-73

Eskimo terms for   71

introduction of among the Eskimo   71-72

Toilet articles of the Eskimo   149-150

Tool-bags of the Eskimo   187-190

Tool-boxes of the Eskimo   185-187

Tools of the Eskimo, knives   150-165

adzes   165-172

chisels   172-173

whalebone shaves   173-174

saws   174-175

drills   175-182, 189

bow drills   176-182

reamers   181-182

awls   181-182

hammers   182

files   182

whetstones   185

for excavating   302-304

picks and pickaxes   302-304, 307-308

mattocks   302-304

for building   302-304

for snow and ice working   304-309

(See also Utensils.)

Toys of Eskimo children, whirligigs   376-377

teetotums   378

buzzes   378

whizzing-sticks   379

pebble-snappers   379

dolls   380-381

kaiak paddler   381-383

imitation implements   383

Transportation, means of, by the Eskimo   328-360

Traps of the Eskimo   260

Traveling, Eskimo means of   328-360

Trays used by Eskimo   99-101

Tuaña, or demons of the Eskimo   431-434

Tubs of the Eskimo   86-88

Tunes of the Eskimo   388-389

Tupĕk. (See Tents of the Eskimo.)

Turner, Lucien M., acknowledgments to   20

description of Eskimo lamps   108

cited on Eskimo records   177

cited on Eskimo seal darts   214

cited on Eskimo seal nets   252

cited on Eskimo kaiaks   332

cited on Eskimo umiaks   343

cited on Eskimo ornament   390

Twisters for making Eskimo bows   292-294

U.

Umiaks of the Eskimo   335-344

Umialiks, Eskimo   429-430

Utensils, household, of the Eskimo, canteens   86

wallets   86

buckets   86-88

tubs   86-88

meat bowls   89

pots   90-93

bone crushers   93-99

mauls   93-99

trays   99-101

drinking vessels   101-105

Utkīavwīñ, Alaska, location of   26

signification of name   26

population of   43

description of   79

V.

Villages, arrangement of Eskimo   79

W.

Wallets of the Eskimo   86

Walrus, Eskimo method of hunting   272

Weapons of the Eskimo, hand-club   191

slung-shot   191

bone daggers   191-192

firearms   193-195

whaling guns   195

bows   195-200

arrows   201-207

bear arrows   202

bow cases and quivers   207

bracers   209-210

bird darts   210-214

seal darts   214-218

harpoons, for casting   218-233

harpoons, for thrusting   233-240

lances   240-244

bolas for birds   244-246

Weaving, Eskimo tools for   316-317

Whale, Eskimo lance for hunting   240-242

Whalebone shaves of the Eskimo   173-174

Whaling guns of the Eskimo   195

Whetstones of the Eskimo   183-185

Widows, Eskimo   414

Wife-beating among the Eskimo   414

Wizards, Eskimo   430-431

Wolf, Eskimo methods of killing   259

Eskimo method of hunting   263-264

Women, Eskimo, condition and treatment of   413-414

prostitution among   419

Words, foreign, introduced among the Point Barrow Eskimo   55

Error in Index

Hooper, C. L., ... description of Eskimo kû´dyĭgi
kû´idyĭgi

Errors and Inconsistencies

Missing . in figure captions has been silently supplied. Spelling in citations, including all French sources, is unchanged unless otherwise noted.

Unexpected Forms

A few words have ä (a with umlaut) where â or ā (long a) was expected:

nä´nu (polar bear: both occurrences of the word)
wooden partitions called sä´potĭn
Nägawau´ra, now deceased
deadfalls or steel traps (nänori´a)
dancing caps (kă´brû, käluka´)

The spelling “slungshot” is used consistently.

Inconsistencies

The spellings “Inuit” and “Innuit” (including “an Innuit” in one quoted passage) both occur.

The word “Arctic” is generally capitalized, but exceptions were too frequent to regularize.

Names of ships such as Vega are rarely italicized, and scientific names never. All are shown as printed.

Hyphenization

Forms were only changed when there was a clear pattern. This list is not meant to be comprehensive:

northeast, northwest; southeast, southwest never hyphenated

ridgepole; tiestring, bowstring, drawstring

woodenware, smoothbore, midleg, handboard

pipestem, sealthong, centerbit

whale-fish, whale-skin, whale-iron, whale-harpoon
but whalebone, whaleman/whalemen

breechloader but muzzle-loader, -loading

foreshaft and fore-shaft, treenail and tree-nail

Words in -skin are generally hyphenated, but exceptions are not marked. The forms “needlecase” (one word, no hyphen) and “needle case” (two words) both occur.