258 APPENDIX IV. 



Upper Esquimaux of Begh-ula or Anderson'' s River (Mac- 

 kenzie's Kiver District) : — 



When an Esquimaux kills a deer, he drags the animal to 

 the water's edge, and sticks an arrow in it, so that on floating 

 past the lodges it may be taken possession of for the benefit of 

 the party by whom it has been killed. 



The Esquimaux of Anderson's Kiver are fine specimens of 

 their race, lively, good-humoured, and affable. They clothe 

 themselves in trousers of deerskin, with the hair side next the 

 body ; shirts of the same material, and an outer shirt or coat 

 with the hair outside, with a hood fringed with the fur of the 

 wolf or wolverine ; boots or shoes of sealskin, watertight. The 

 crowns of their heads are closely cropped, and also the front 

 hair in a line with the forehead ; a few of them possess small 

 moustaches and imperials. The dress of the women differs 

 in being ornamented with beads, and possesses a short tail 

 appended to the hind part of the coat, which is tied in front. 

 The lofty top and side-hair knobs, so fashionable among the Es- 

 quimaux of the Mackenzie and Cape Bathurst, prevail among the 

 women of Anderson's River. The cayaks are precisely similar 

 to those in use among other tribes of Esquimaux ; and their 

 arms comprise a bow and a quiver of arrows, iron, bone, and 

 ivory-pointed ; a spear ; a long and short knife, and a long prong, 

 which they use in darting at wild fowl. Their lodges are 

 covered with half-dressed sealskins on slanting poles, the floor 

 covered with deerskins and robes. The Hare Indians hold 

 these Esquimaux in great fear, and are despised by them in 

 return, being called '• Nouga,^ or 'Spittle.' When Mr. Mac- 

 farlane enquired of them respecting Captain McClure's de7 

 spatches, it turned out that, although they knew nothing of 

 them, they were exceedingly fond of written or printed paper, 

 and were known to purchase the debt bills of the Hare Indians 

 for arrows, &c. They probably attribute a medicinal virtue 

 to paper with characters on. 



The married women of the Anderson's River Esquimaux are 

 slightly tattooed. The Esquimaux of the Mackenzie are always 

 at enmity with the Loucheux. 



