48 THK POINT BAKROW ESKIMO. 



labrct- wearing Eskimo, those, namely, of the Anderson River and Cape 

 Bathurst. That they are not considered by the Ta/ieo/vmeut as belong 

 ing to the same &quot;tribe&quot; with themselves is evident from the names 

 K/&amp;gt;agmalit and K/iagmali veit, applied to them by Petitot. Sir John Rich 

 ardson, the first white man to encounter them (in 1826), says that they 

 called themselves &quot;Kitte-game-oot,&quot; 1 and the Point Barrow people 

 told Dr. Simpson of country called &quot;Kit-te-ga -ru&quot; beyond the Mac 

 kenzie. 2 These people, as well as the Ta/jeo/Jineut, whom they closely 

 resemble, are described in Petitot s Monographic, and brief notices of 

 them are given by Sir John Richardson, 3 McClure, 4 Armstrong, 5 and 

 Hooper. 6 The arts and industries of these people from the Mackenzie 

 to the Anderson, especially the latter region, are well represented in 

 the National Museum by the collections of Messrs. Kennicott, Ross, and 

 MacFarlane. The Point Barrow people say that the Kupiinininu are 

 &quot;bad;&quot; 7 but notwithstanding this small parties from the two villages 

 occasionally travel east to the Mackenzie, and spend the winter at 

 the Kupiifimiun village, whence they visit the &quot;great house,&quot; returning 

 the following season. Such a party left Point Barrow June 15, 1882, 

 declaring their intention of going all the way to the Mackenzie. They 

 returned August 25 or 26, 1883, when we were in the midst of the con 

 tusion of closing the station, so that we learned no details of their jour 

 ney. A letter with which they were intrusted to be forwarded to the 

 United States through the Mackenzie River posts reached the Chief 

 Signal Officer in the summer of 1883 by way of the Rampart House, on 

 the Porcupine River, whence we received an answer by the bearer from 

 the factor in charge. The Eskimo probably sent the letter to the Rain- 



rpart House by the Indians who visit that post. 



The intercourse between these people is purely commercial. Dr. Simp 

 son, in the paper so often quoted, gives an excellent detailed description 

 of the course of this trade, which agrees in the main with our observa 

 tions, though we did not learn the particulars of time and distance as 

 accurately as he did. There have been some important changes, how 

 ever, since his time. A small party, perhaps five or six families, of &quot;Nu- 

 natanmiun&quot; now come every summer to Point Barrow about the end of 

 July, or as soon as the shallow bays along shore are open. They estab 

 lish themselves at the summer camping ground at Pernyn, at the south 

 west corner of Elson Bay, and stay two or three weeks, trading with the 

 natives and the ships, dancing, and shooting ducks. The eastward-bound 

 parties seem to start a little earlier than formerly (July 7, 1853, July 

 3, 1854, R June 18, 1882, and June 29, 1883). From all accounts their rela- 



1 Franklin, 2d Exp., p. 203. 



2 Ibid., p. 269. 



3 Franklin, 2d Exp., pp. 193, 203 and 230; Searching Exp., and Polar Kcgious, p. 300. 

 *N. W. Passage, pp. 84-98. 



Personal Narrative, p. 176. 

 Tents, etc., pp. 343-348. 



7 Compare what Petitot lias to flay Monographic, etc., p. xiii and passim about the turbulent and 

 revengeful character of the &quot;Tchiglit.&quot; 

 Dr. Simpson, op. cit., p. 264. 



