GRAPHIC ART OF THE ESKIMOS. 869 



from which he intends to make a bow; the other hand holding an adz 

 with which the greater part of the superfluous material is removed ere 

 beginning the final cuts and scrapings to produce the ultimate form ou 

 surface. 



The illustration of two men wrestling is reproduced in fig. 83 from 

 the pipestems shown in plate 62. The attitude of 

 the men is realistic, and shows the clinch in a &quot; catch- 

 as-catch-can&quot; contest. 



This, fig. 84, is also reproduced from the same pro- * 

 lific source, the pipestem, shown in plate 61. The 



.NATI\ Eft AA RESTLING. 



man at the right has kicked the ball into the air, 



while his companion is ready to catch it, as is shown by the outstretched 



hands. 



Two men engaged in gambling are shown in fig. 85. That they are 

 sitting close together is indicated not only by their apparent proximity 

 but furthermore by the representation of the foot of one man extending 

 beyond the back of his vis-a-vis. 



Whether the game is played with cards, with 

 sticks, or some other materials, is not determi- 

 n a ble. 



The illustration in fig. 86 is notf of uncommon 



FOOTBALL KICKED BY NATIVE. . -. . 



occurrence in records of dances, those so indi 

 cated being the observers and not the participants in the ceremonials. 

 The pipe represented in the native drawing is the Siberian pattern, an 

 Eskimo reproduction of the general type being shown in plates 61 and 

 62, in which the bowl is a vertical stem with a broad, rather flaring top 

 with but a narrow and deep perforation, resembling 

 the Chinese pattern in respect to the small quantity of 

 tobacco which the smoker can consume at one filling. 

 The effect is attained, however, as Mr. Murdoch iu- 



.,, , , , . , , , NATIVES GAMBLING. 



forms me &quot;that the smoker will take a deep inhalation 

 of smoke and vile smoke it is, generally retaining it for a considera 

 ble time until he is compelled to take breath, when another similar 

 inhalation of smoke is taken. This is repeated until the small charge 

 of tobacco is consumed. The result is a most violent fit of coughing, 



becoming spasmodic and of such appareut- 

 ly painful character as to lead one to believe 

 that the poor victim is going to die at once.&quot; 

 Fig 86&amp;gt; Many of the Indian tribes practice like 



NATIVE SMOKING PIPE. inhalations of smoke, the usual combina 



tion among the Dakota tribes consisting of 



various kinds of purchased tobacco mixed in varying degrees with the 

 inner red bark of the red osier Cornus stolonifera, or the leaves of Uva 

 Ursi, found along the elevated lands of the upper Missouri and Yellow 

 stone rivers. 

 The bark or the leaves are chopped up finely in the proportion, 



