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CHAP. XL 



ON THE ESKIMOS OR INUIT. 



THE FOUR ABORIGINAL NATIONS SEEN BY THE EXtiiDlTION. — 

 ESKIMOS. — ORIGIN OF THE NAME. — NATIONAL NAME INU-IT. — 

 GREAT EXTENT OF THEIR COUNTRY. — PERSONAL APPEAR- 

 ANCE. — OCCUPATIONS. PROVIDENT OF THE FUTURE. VIL- 

 LAGES SEAL HUNT. — SNOW HOUSES. — WANDERINGS NOT 



EXTENSIVE RESPECT FOR TERRITORIAL RIGHTS. DEXTER- 

 OUS THIEVES. COURAGE. TRAFFIC. COMPARED TO THE 



PHCENICIANS. SKRELLINGS. WESTERN TRIBES PIERCE THE 



LIP AND NOSE.' — FEMALE TOILET. MIMICS, MODE OF DE- 

 FYING THEIR ENEMIES. DRESS. BOATS. — KAIYAKS. UMI- 

 AKS DOGS. — RELIGION. SHAMANISBL — SUSCEPTIBILITY OF 



CULTIVATION. ORIGIN. LANGUAGE. WESTERN TRIBES OF 



THE ESKIMO STOCK. TCHUGATCHIH. KUSKUTCHEWAK. — 



A KASHIM OR COUNCIL HOUSE, FEASTS. QUARRELS. 



WARS. — CUSTOMS. — MAMMOTH'S TUSKS. — NATIONAL NAMES. 



NAMOLLOS OR SEDENTARY TCHUTCHKI. — REIN-DEER 



TCHUKTCHE. THEIR HERDS. — COMMERCE. SHAMANISM. 



OF THE MONGtOLIAN STOCK. 



To keep the interruptions of the narrative within 

 reasonable limits, I have hitherto avoided saying 

 much of the native tribes that occupy the countries 

 through which the Expedition travelled, and shall 

 here supply that deficiency by giving some details 

 of the manners and customs of the four nations 

 whose boundaries we crossed in succession. 



Reversing the order of our journey, the first of 



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