Next to the white man's house, the 

 white man's diet is most deadly to the 

 Eskimo. They are accustomed to Uving on 

 bulky meats and when they commence to 

 eat flour and other condensed foods used 

 by white men, a derangement of the di- 

 gestive functions is inevitable. Certain 

 diseases will naturally arise directly from 

 this cause and the general resistance of 

 the body to all diseases will be decreased. 



The bringing in of firearms will in the 

 course of a few years undoubtedly extermi- 

 nate the caribou here as it has done in 

 Alaska. The people will thereby be de- 

 prived not only of the source of food but 



Prince Albert Sound Eskimo of the 

 blond type in heavy winter dress 



also of materials for clothing. White men's 

 cotton antl woolen clothes will take the 

 place of the far more satisfactory deer- 

 skins and this will })e one more contribut- 

 ing factor in the tlecline of the population. 

 The evil moral effects of civilization too 

 are marked. I found the popiilation of 

 Coronation Gulf independent, eelf-respect- 

 ing and prosperous. They did not beg; 

 they did not i)ry into our afl'airs; they 

 were hospitable, courteous and truthful. 

 In Prince Albert Sound I made a present 

 of one needle each to th<^ fort;\'-three 



married women of the tribe. Of course I ,,. .,.,.,,. 



Victoria Island Eskimo, to show 



kept no books, but 1 feel certain that style of clothing 

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