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INDEX. 



Unga burial cave ; contents of, 29 ; mummies found 

 in, 29 ; wooden carvings found in, 29 ; bone 

 implement from, 29. 



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

 31. 



TJnung un ; real name of Aleuts, 2. 



Vay geli ; mythical people called, 4. 



Visor ; wooden ; used by Aleuts, 21 ; ornamentation 

 of, 22. 



&quot;Walrus ; teeth and ivory used for carving by Aleuts, 

 23. 



Weapons rarely placed with the dead, but repre 

 sented by models in wood, 28. 



&quot;Weaving ; methods of, 16. 



&quot;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 muts, 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 ; oiferings 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 ; from Kagamil 

 cave (17250), 25. 



Work-bags, 24, 25. 



Yoke ; embroidered, on parka, 14. 



Yourts or winter houses, 6. 



