CHAPTER IX 

 THE INNUIT 



Innuit or &quot;people&quot; is the native name for a The &quot;People 

 linguistic stock which includes the Eskimo and the 

 Aleut . It was distributed from the northern shores 

 of the Gulf of St. Lawrence and the north end 

 of Newfoundland, by the Labrador, along all the 

 Arctic coasts and islands to Alaska, the Aleutian 

 Islands, and the eastern coast of Siberia. &quot;At 

 the present time they have receded from this 

 extreme range, and in the south have abandoned 

 the North shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, the 

 North end of Newfoundland, James Bay, and the 

 South shores of Hudson Bay. There is evidence 

 to show that the spread of the race was from East 

 to West, that is from Labrador to Eastern Siberia, 

 and not, as is generally supposed, in the contrary 

 direction. 



While they call themselves Innuit or &quot;people,&quot; Eaters of Raw 

 they are generally known as Eskimo. A name Fle8h 

 which was probably first hurled at them in derision 

 by the Indians, and which means &quot;eaters of raw 

 flesh.&quot; This custom of eating raw flesh was 

 naturally the first to impress a visitor. On 

 Frobisher s first contact with them we are told 

 they &quot;brought him a salmon and raw flesh and 

 fish, and greedily devoured the same before our 

 men s faces.&quot; 



