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wished to go to St Michael in bis umiak during the summer, and being 

 short of an oarsman he seized a woman living in Uualaklit and thrust 

 her aboard the boat. The woman s husband was crippled so that he 

 needed her services, and to prevent his wife from going he hurried 

 down to the shore and tried to detain her. This enraged the headman, 

 who drew his knife and killed the husband on the spot, and, leaving 

 him where he lay, pushed oft and made the trip, the wife serving at the 

 oar during the entire time. The following winter this man became 

 extremely overbearing and very free with his threats toward various 

 people, and at last threatened the life of his brother-in-law for having 

 refused to join in the murder of some people in order to get their furs. 

 The brother-in-law received information of this, and entering the man s 

 house one night while he was sleeping, struck him on the head with an 

 ax, killing him instantly. The man s sou, a grown youth, was sleeping 

 in the room and sprang up at the sound of the blow and was struck 

 down by his uncle, who had just slain the father. After this occur 

 rence the people of the surrounding villages felt greatly relieved. Yet, 

 from that time forth, the man who had done the killing was constantly 

 under the influence of fear from the expectation that blood revenge 

 might be taken by relatives of the dead man. 



The nephew of this man killed a fur trader on Kuskokwim river 

 in a very brutal manner and was arrested by the fur traders at St 

 Michael in the spring of 1877. His younger brother had been impli 

 cated in the murder, and as soon as Kuii -u-gan was arrested be turned 

 to the men who took him, saying, &quot; Kill me, but do not hurt my brother.&quot; 

 He kept repeating this, evidently thinking that the men would execute 

 vengeance on him at once. He was placed on board a vessel and sent 

 to San Francisco, where he was condemned to five years imprison 

 ment. There he was reported to have become an industrious workman 

 and a favorite with the prison officials. 



The men who aspire to be leaders make it a special point to put 

 themselves as nearly as possible on an equal footing with white men, 

 and become very sullen and angry if they are not treated with greater 

 consideration than their fellows. 



From Bering strait northward the rich man becomes known as 

 11 -mi -a -lik, or the umiak owner. During the time that war was car 

 ried on between the tribes the best warrior planned the attack, and 

 was known among the Uualit as mu-gokh -ch-ta. He, however, had no 

 fixed authority, as each one fought independently of the others, but all 

 combined in the general onslaught. An enemy was termed um -J- kis - 

 tu-f/dj or &quot; one who is angry with me.&quot; 



One born in another village is termed a-um -ta. A stranger is tun- 

 in -U hdkh , or u seen the first time.&quot; This term is also applied to strange 

 objects of any kind. A person belonging to the same clan is recog 

 nized as a relative, u-jo -hnJc . 



The Eskimo of Norton sound speak of themselves as Yti -plk, meaning 



