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territory or locality from which a stranger comes. This is 

 shown in the use of suffixes appended to the same, as -miut, the 

 people of such and such a place. The Alaskan Eskimo, according 

 to Nelson, have designations for regular tribal divisions, but the 

 only reference which the Labrador Eskimo make in speaking 

 of their neighbours appears to be that they stand in a certain 

 direction in relation to them. This distinction, used by the 

 Fort Chimo Eskimo of Ungava bay, has been applied by Turner 

 to the entire peninsula, and I have adopted his general divisions, 

 as they appear to hold good throughout the northern area, with 

 the reservation mentioned above. 



They are as follows: 



The Su'hi'nimiut "those who dwell at or in the sun," 

 i.e., the dwellers to the east, the Eskimo on the Atlantic coast 

 and on the Ungava side as far south as Leaf river. 



The Ta'ha"Ymiut "those who dwell in the shade," i.e., the 

 dwellers to the west, the Eskimo from Leaf river to Cape Wolsten- 

 holme. This division includes the "Northerners" of Turner, 

 the Eskimo from Hopes Advance. 



The Iti'vimiut, "the dwellers on the other side," i.e., the 

 Eskimo on the other side of the coast, the east coast of Hudson 

 bay. 



To this category might be added another division. 



The Ki'yikta"Ymiut, or "island people," the Eskimo 

 inhabiting the islands off the east coast of Hudson bay, now 

 extinct, except on the Belcher islands. 



The following lesser divisions or place-names for the Eskimo 

 from Cape Chidley west were obtained from one informant: 



Killi'nunmiut, "land's end people," Cape Chidley. 



Kanilualukcu"amiut, "long, narrow bay people," George 

 river. 



Kokso"akmiut, "big river people," Koksoak (Fort 

 Chimo). 



Una"va'miut, "farthest northerners," Hopes Advance. 



Nuvu'gmiut, "people at the point," Cape Wolstenholme. 



Iti'vimiut, "people across the point of land," east coast 

 of Hudson bay. 



