CONTENTS. 



Page 



THE ORIGIN OF THE ESKIMO AS TRACED BY THEIR 



LANGUAGE 1. 



New words needed by the Arctic settlers — Culture home 



— Dialects — Names of animals, boats and implements 



— Various words — Safe conclusions — Further con- 

 clusions — Alaska — Plan of the vocabulary — Various 

 Notes: Dangers of the chase; seals of Alaska; Harpoons 

 etc.; long voyages; Cape Bathurst; King William's Land; 

 name for „White man"; the iceperiod; stemwords; poly- 

 synthetisme. 



COMPARATIVE VOCABULARY 33. 



Explanation. 



General Part 35. 



1) Existence — 2) Relation — 3) Quantity — 4) Order 



— 5) Number - 6) Time - 7) Change - 8) Cau- 

 sation — 9) Space — 10) Motion — 11) Matter — 

 12) Intellect — 13) Communication of Ideas — 14) Indi- 

 vidual Voluntary powers — 15) Intersocial Voluntary p. 



— 16) Affections. 



Special Part 64. 



17) Person — 18) Body — 19) Dress and Ornaments 



— 20) Dwellings etc. — 21) TraveUing, Hunting and 

 Fishing — 22) Numerals — 23) Division of Time — 

 24) Animals — 25) Plants — 26) Land and Sea, 

 Lifeless Matter — 27) Firmament. Air, Physical actions 



— 28) Kinship — 29) Sociology and Religion — 30) Sup- 

 plement. 



Index 98. 



Specimen of Narrative Style 102. 



Elements of Traditions 107. 



Notes 114. 



1) Literary Sources — 2) Ethnographical — 3) Tradi- 

 tional — 4) Linguistical — 5) Additional corrections 

 to Vol. I. — 6) Additions to Vol. II. 



Abbreviations 123. 



Errata 123. 



