CHAPTER XIV.

The Alaskan’s Habit of Gambling.—Extraordinary Domestic Carvings.—Silver Bracelets.—Prevailing Superstitions.— Disposal of the Dead.—The Native “Potlatch.”—Cannibalism.— Ambitions of Preferment.—Human Sacrifices.—The Tribes slowly decreasing in Numbers.—Influence of the Women.— Witchcraft.—Fetich Worship.—The Native Canoes.—Eskimo Skin Boats 199