GRAPHIC ART OF THE ESKIMOS. 943 



At No. 23 is a point of laud which is recognized as Indian Point. 

 The shore has a rocky appearance, and immediately back from the 

 surf line appear some contour lines, upon which are the representation 

 of scaffolds, as before noted, which Captain Herendeeu says are caches 

 of the natives, while the houses are scattered along in rows. The 

 irregular area between the village and the ridge of hills at No. 26 is a 

 marsh. The hills are also in actual existence and beyond them is a good 

 hunting ground, as indicated by the artist. 



To the right of Indian Point, in the midst of an inlet at No. 43, is 

 Arakan Island, formed like a hump, with a straight line on one side to 

 denote the water line. The line at No. 44 covers an inhabited stretch of 

 land, commonly called the Michigme, and located on a bay of the same 

 name. Several habitations are visible, and a number of human forms 

 are drawn near to them. 



At the right-hand end of the Michigme settlement is an inlet show 

 ing three whales, near each of which is a pair of human beings, one 

 person in the act of handing to the other some object, the import being- 

 trade, the purpose of the visit of the natives. 



The lower or opposite shore, marked Nos. 30, 31, 34, and 36, Captain 

 Herendeen is not positive whether it may represent a continuation of 

 the Asiatic shore or St. Lawrence Island, the locality where the Asiatic 

 coast natives obtain oil and various articles with which their country 

 is not well stocked, returning therefor wooden vessels, poles for tents, 

 frames for boats, etc., which are primarily obtained from the Cliuckche, 

 as the latter come from the inland regions by means of sledges, as shown 

 at No. 17. 



From the general appearance of the drawings, the continuity of shore 

 lines, with the exception of a small and apparently insignificant break 

 at No. 45, would indicate that the Asiatic side alone was intended 

 to be shown, and not the opposite American shore. The statement, 

 too, that the record is a &quot;year s record&quot; should also be taken into 

 consideration. 



At No. 46 is an indentation probably intended to represent St. Law 

 rence Bay. There is quite a herd of seals indicated, clearly denoting 

 the presence there in great numbers of that animal. Habitations of 

 various kinds line the shore line, to indicate a settlement of natives. At 

 No. 47 is shown a harpooned walrus, followed by a native in a kaiak, 

 who has his arm raised as if about to cast a second weapon. No. 48 

 has already been alluded to as a marsh, the short lines being indica 

 tive of the sedges growing at that locality. No. 49 is a skin tent, near 

 which is lying upon the ground what appears to be intended for a 

 sledge. The latter is in imitation of the Chuckche type, as may be 

 observed by comparing those at the opposite side of the chart in con 

 nection with the sledges to which reindeer are hitched, near No. 39. 



The general resemblance of these teams of the Chukche is, in gen 

 eral, very much like those of the Samoyeds, and I can not refrain from 



