Among unknown Eskimo An account of twelve years intimate relations with the primitive Eskimo of ice-bound Baffin Land, with a description of their ways of living, hunting customs & beliefs

CHAPTER XVIII

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The Creatures of the Wild 252

Appendix 265

Index 271

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

A Woman of the Fox Channel Tribe Frontispiece PAGE An Ancient Aboriginal Encampment 40 Part of an Eskimo Tribe of Women and Children 56 An Iglovegak or Eskimo Dwelling 64 An Eskimo Tupik 73 An Eskimo Snowhouse 76 An Eskimo Home 80 The Return of the Successful Seal Hunter in Springtime 88 Young Seal Hunting in May 92 Two Women in Summer Dress 96 A Young Wife with her Baby in her Hood 104 Eskimo Family Group 104 Models of Kayak, Umiak, and Okushuk 112 An Ancient Form of Sled 134 The Two Wives of a Hunter 144 An Eskimo Family outside their House 144 Preparing for a Long Winter Journey 160 A Native Chart 177 Asseak and his Wife 200 An Umiak or Family Boat 208 The Summer Tent or Tapik 208 A Conjuror’s Mask 211 A Kagge or Singing House (Elevation) 218 A Kagge or Singing House (Plan) 219 An Eskimo Woman of the Fox Channel Tribe 224 An Eskimo Summer Encampment 224 Specimens of Native Stone Carving 232 An Eskimo in his Kayak 240 Beginning to Build a Snowhouse 240 A Wolf Trap 255 An Eskimo Trap for Bears, Foxes or Wolves 257 A Seagull Trap 261

THE ESKIMO OF BAFFIN LAND