INDEX. 



Adakh Island ; burial caves in, 7. 



Alaska Commercial Company ; its contributions to 

 the National Museum, 8, 32. 



Aleuts, 1 ; {et passim, ) 



Aleuts ; characteristics of the, 3 ; early conflicts of 

 the, 3 ; felt no repugnance to the bodies of 

 the dead, 7 ; festivals and dances of the, 4 ; 

 identity of the continental Eskimo stock with 

 that of the, 2, 7 ; Japanese origin erroneously 

 assigned to the, 3. 



Aleut; language, 2; origin of the name, 2; physiog- 

 nomy, 2; religious beliefs; destruction of 

 vestiges of, 3 ; superstitions, 4, 5. 



Aleutian Islands, 1. 



Amber; bead from Kagamil cave, 24 ; highly valued 

 by Aleuts, 24. 



Amchitka Island ; skeleton discovered at, 8. 



Armor; wooden, from large mummy case, 18 ; from 

 Unga cave, 30. 



Arrow-head ; of stone, from Kagamil cave, 23. 



Auk ; little, skin preserved, 24. 



Awls for sewing ; of bird's bones, 14. 



Baleen ; used for lashings, IG, 22. 



Barrabora, (see Winter house, I'ouri.) 



Barren Islands, 1. 



Bark, (see Pine, Birch.) 



Basket; of grass, from Kagamil cave (174G0), 24 ; 

 ditto (174G3), 24-5; contents of, 25; (I74GI), 

 22. 



Beads ; r)f amber, 24 ; of bone, 23 ; of gypsum, 23 ; 

 of bird's claws, 22; of Kussian manufacture, 

 32. 



Bering's Expedition, 9. 



Bidarka ; made by Kat-hdya-koochak, 9 ; keel of, 

 from Kagamil cave, 21 ; models of, used as 

 toys for children by Aleuts, 24. 



Birch bark ; from Kagamil cave, 22 ; from Amak- 

 nak cave, 22; derived from Yukon region, 22. 



Birds ; bones used for beads, 23 ; claws used for 

 beads, 22; bones used for needles, 14 ; scalps 

 used for ornaments and in embroidery, 24, 25; 

 skins used for garments, 13 ; feathers used for 

 ornamenting embroidery, 12, 24, 25 ; for orna- 

 menting masks, 30, 32 ; for ornamenting 

 mummy case, 19 ; colored cartilage from 



beak of puffin collected by Nunivak Eskimo, 

 22 ; puffin, 12 ; little auk, 24 ; cormorant, 12 ; 

 gray-necked finch, 12, 24 ; duck, 25 ; murre, 

 13; eider, 24; merganser, 24 ; horned puffin. 

 22; raptorial bird, 19. 

 Bodies of the dead; preparation of, for burial, 6; 

 evisceration of, G ; encasement of, 6 ; encase- 

 ment of infants, 6; food placed with, 6; 

 utensils and carvings deposited with, G; (see 

 Mummies.) 



Bone im|ileraent from Unga cave, 29. 



Bone knives from Kagamil cave, 25. 



Boot; seal-skin, found in Kagamil cave, containing 



ivory articles, 23. 

 Bow ; piece of a, found in Unga cave, 30 ; not used 



by Alciits, 30. 

 Bracelet of bird's claws, 22. 

 Braid of wool or under fur of fox, from Kagamil 



cave, 26. 

 Breast-mat ; of grass fibre, in largo mummy case, 15. 

 Brown hair ; the result of fading, 21. 



Burials ; methods of the Aleuts, 5, 31 ; of the 

 Chukchi, 31 ; in the Yukon region, 31 ; for 

 honor.ablo persons, 5, C ; for poor persons, 5 ; 

 in artificial caves and rock shelters, at Amak- 

 nak Island, 5; at Atka Island, 5; in caves, 

 at Unga Island, 28 ; among the Kani.igmuts, 

 27 ; in the earth, by Kaniagmuts, 31 ; by the 

 Aleuts, since Christianized, G; of pre-historic 

 natives, 6 ; in compartments of the winter 

 bouses or yourts, 7 ; origin of diverse kinds 

 of burial, 31. 



Bugles, (see Beads.) 



Carved wooden implement from Kag.amil cave, 20. 



Carvings ; wooden, from Unga cave, 29, 30. 



Catherina Archipelago, 1. 



Cave on Kagamil Island, (see Kajamil Island,) 8. 



Celt; stone, unique, from the Aleutian Islands, 5. 



Charcoal and oil ; used as black pigment, 14. 



ChernotFsky Harbor, Unalashka ; burial caves and 



carved wooden tomb at, 8. 

 Chugach Bay, 28. 



Comb J of wood, from Kagamil cave, 24. 

 Contents of Kagamil burial cave, 11 et sej. 

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