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THE ESKIMO ABOUT BERING STRAIT 



[ETH. ANN. 18 



The fur traders, one and all, furthered my work with voluntary 

 assistance. To Messrs McQuesten, Petersen, Fredericks, and Will 

 iams I owe many favors. I am particularly grateful to the late Pro 

 fessor Baird for the opportunity to accomplish the field work which 

 resulted iu the accumulation of the material on which the present 

 report is based. I have also to extend to the authorities of the 

 National Museum my appreciation of their courtesy in placing the 

 entire Alaskan ethnological collection at my disposal during the prep 

 aration of this report, and for other favors. To Professor Otis T. 

 Mason and Dr Walter Hough, of the United States National Museum, 

 I am under special obligations for their unfailing courtesy and cordial 

 assistance during the preparation of this work. I wish also to express 

 my sense of obligation to Mr Wells M. Sawyer, illustrator of the Bureau 

 of American Ethnology, for many suggestions and other favors while 

 arranging the illustrations. 



ALPHABET 



The following alphabet is used in writing all Eskimo names of places, 

 etc, in this memoir : 



a as a in father. 



& as a in what. 



a as a in hat. 



a as aw in law. 



ai as ai iu aisle. 



au as ow in how. 



b as & in blah. 



ch as ch in church. 



tl as d in dread. 



dj as Jin judge. 



e as e in they. 



e as e in then. 



f as /in fife. 



g as &amp;lt;j in get. 



g an aspirated g. 



gh a harshly aspirated g. 



h as 7t in ha. 



h a soft aspiration. 



hi a sound formed by placing the 

 tongue in the position assumed at 

 the end of the pronunciation of 

 I and then giving an aspirated 

 continuation of the sound. 



i as i in piqne. 



I as i in pick. 



j as z in azure. 



k as A: in kick. 



k a soft aspiration of the A sound. 



kh a hard palatal prolongation or aspi 

 ration of A-. 



kn a nasal sound formed iu the roof of 

 the month by the blending of the 

 Tc into the n. 



1 as Hu lull. 



F an aspirated 7. 



Ih a harsher aspirated sound than / . 



m as m in mum. 



n as n in nun. 



n as n&amp;lt;j in sing. 



o as o in note. 



o as o in home, with a short pronun 

 ciation. 



p as p in pipe. 



ph an aspirated p. 



r as r in roaring. 



s as s in sauce. 



sh as */( in should. 



t as t in touch. 



tl as tie in little. 



ts as ts in tsar. 



u as n in rule. 



u as u in pull. 



u as u in but. 



v as v in valor. 



w as w in wish. 



hw the ic sound, beginning with an aspi 

 ration. 



y as y in yon. 



z as z in /one. 



The color scheme used in the drawings representing totem marks, 

 grave boxes, masks, etc., is shown in figure 1, page 26. 



