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CHAP. XII. 



ON THE KUTCHIN OR LOUCHEUX. 



DESIGNATIONS. — PERSONAL APPEARANCE. — TATTOO. — EMPLOY 



PIGMENTS. DRESS. ORNAMENTS. BEADS. USED AS A 



MEDIU3I OF EXCHANGE. SHELLS. WINTER DRESS. ARMS. 



WIVES. TREATMENT OF INFANTS. COMPRESS THEIR 



FEET. LIVELY DISPOSITIONS. — RELIGIOUS BELIEF. SHA- 

 MANISM. ANECDOTES. — TREACHERY CONTESTS WITH THE 



ESKIMOS OCCUPATIONS TRAFFIC BEADS AND SHELLS. 



TENTS. VAPOUR BATHS. — DEER POUNDS. ORATORY. 



TALKATIVENESS. DANCES. — MANBOTE OR BLOOD-MONEY. 



CEREMONIES ON MEETING OTHER PEOPLE. POPULATION OP 



THE VALLEY OF THE YUKON. SA3IE PEOPLE WITH CERTAIN 



COAST TRIBES. KOLUSCHES. — KENAIYERS. UGALENTS. — 



ATNAER. KOLTSHANEN. PERSONS AND DRESS DEER- 

 POUNDS. PASSION FOR GLASS BEADS. KOLUSHES DE- 

 SCENDED FROM A RAVEN. — COURTSHIP. WIVES. REVENGE. 



— MURDER. BURN THE DEAD. MOURNING. — DO NOT NAME 



THE DECEASED. CUSTOM CONNECTED THEREWITH. AVINTER 



HABITATIONS. JOURNEYS OF THE KENAIYER INLAND. POR- 

 CUPINE QUILLS. SLAVERY. 



From Churchill River in Hudson's Bay round north- 

 wards to the estuary of the Mackenzie, the only 

 nation that the Eskimos come in contact with is 

 that of the 'Tinne or Chepewyans, and even with 

 them they have no friendly intercourse, nor do they 

 meet except at the trading post of Churchill, and 

 within its influence. To the west of the Mackenzie, 

 however, another people interpose between them 



