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INDEX. 



Unga burial cave ; contents of, 29 ; mummies found 

 in, 29 ; wooden carvings found in, 29 ; bono 

 implement from, 29. 



Unga burial caves, 26 ; explored, 29 ; unexplored, 

 31. 



Uniing'iin ; real name of Aleuts, 2. 



Vay'geli ; mythical people called, 4. 



Visor ; wooden ; used by Aleiits, 21 ; ornamentation 

 of, 22. 



"Walrus ; teeth and ivory used for carving by Aleuts, 

 23. 



Weapons rarely placed with the dead, but repre- 

 sented by models in wood, 28. 



Weaving ; methods of, 16. 



Whale sinew; used for making cord, 18; nets of, 

 18; braided into square sennit, 18, 19; braided 

 into round sennit, 18, 19. 



Whalers, among the Kaniag'rauts, 26; reckoned 

 unclean during the whaling season, 26; pro- 

 fession hereditary, 26 ; customs with regard to 



dead bodies of, 26 ; superstition in regard to 

 the possession of the dead bodies of, 27 ; dis- 

 covery of whaler's mummy by Mr. Sheeran, 

 27 ; offerings made to mummy by natives, 27 ; 

 manner of preservation of whaler's mummy 

 by Kaniag'muts, 27. 



Whaler's mummy from Kadiak ; complaints by 

 natives in regard to his starvation, 27-8; ob- 

 served by town watchman promenading in 

 search of food at night, 28. 



Winter houses or yourts, 6. 



Wooden armor, (see Armor.) 



Wooden carvings, (see Carvings.) 



Wooden implement for trimming the hair on strips 

 of skin used in embroidery j from Kagamil 

 cave (17250), 25. 



Work-bags, 24, 25. 



Yoke ; embroidered, on parka, 14. 



Yourts or winter houses, 6. 



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