INTRODUCTION OK DOMESTIC REINDKKK INTO ALASKA. 



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Englisli. 



He is afraid 



Abdomen 



Above 



Adult 



Adam'sajiple 



Again 



Aim (gun) 



Air (atmosphere) 



Alive 



All 



All right 



Alone 



And 



Angry 



Ankle 



Arm 



Arrow 



Ashes 



Asleep (he is) ... 



Aunt 



Avvay-go 



Point Barrow. 



(?rk sC rok 



nId'zC) 



tot' p6 kini' no 



o"' nCn 



top' ko t6 



soo' ](■ 



leh o Ok' tok 



selo 



In' fl 6 roo 6 



cM (lot 



ghoong W choo 



kis' SI m6 



-loo -lo(5 



ki nflng' roo 



sing (?ng' nOr in 



tol Ok 



kok' roo 



Ok o rt^ 



sin Ik tok 



Ot yo or On Og (5 roo 

 pi C ghiu 



Kings Island. 



to loks' rO tok 



iie"^ dzn'i k 



pd ghlm' nfi 



Ong oon 



tok khloot 



soo 1 1 



oo mekh' tok 



se Ifi 



to gong e Ifik 



noong 66k' hie ok tok .. 



a a 



ke ze' mo 



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ki noong ro ok tok 



sing eng nit 



tellfik 



kok u rook' 



kob le' nilk or Ok tl n'l .. 



se nekh' tok 



OtseQ'gtl 



we tin or ghol 6 goiu 



St. Lawrence Lsland. 



leng'ok. 



Ok' sfi. 



ko 10 Ong 0. 



Ong to ne' In. 



eg ulehl kog u rOOk. 



hl;'i mCmg. 



kha nfi go te Cik. 



sla. 



66ng an' 66 vO. 



kl mtik 16 ko. 



O'O. 



kl zi ri hok n mv'i. 



hl66-hl66. 



66 w66 me v66k I6k sing 



elh hot. 

 t6 k6 6 ghOt. 

 to' hlik. 

 ho wut. 



gOr' en nu ghut. 

 kO vOkli' tok. 

 An-y a nfi. 

 we tin or 6 ghol 16 kl. 



The great similarity is noticeable even in so sliort a list of words as 

 the above, and many apparent differences would vanish were we pos- 

 sessed of a fuller knowledge of all the languages. For instance, the 

 word "ankle" is sing eng' ner in, in Point Barrow; sing eng nit, in 

 King Island j- and sing' eth hut, in St. Lawrence Island. This in 

 our language refers to the constriction of the leg at the place where 

 the boot straps — seng' it — are fastened, which would also be the 

 word used if we were speaking, "My ankle is broken.'* But the 

 bones and flesh composing the ankle joint would be more properly 

 interpreted, to ko 'o ghwot. 



There is a set time and a certain sign for beginning eveiy game 

 pla^^ed by cliildren or old people, and woe to the one who presumes 

 to break the prescribed rules. 



When the sun l)egins to change his course and moves with ever- 

 lengthening strides across the narrowed southern arc, the sages of 

 the land call upon the young scions of the house to get small billets 

 of wood, about 6 inches long and 2 inches in diameter, to whicli is 

 fastened a small piece of walrus rope some 18 or 20 inches long. This 

 is used as a bat for knocking small stones or lumps of snow or ice. 

 When the ice comes a walrus is killed and the meat is drawn over the 

 ice; two large whale vertebra- or other objects are set up some 30 or 

 40 feet apart as goals, and three or four couples of bo^^s as partners 

 begin throwing rocks at the goals to upset them. The rules are 

 much like those governing the Scotch game of cjuoits or our American 

 game of horseshoes. 



When a whale is killed the boys make small canoes and play with 

 them in the house only, and throw darts with a piece of cortl attached, 

 having a loop in the end, which is caught over a small peg in one side 

 of the dart. With only one v.hah^ the dart may be thrown only away 

 from the sea, but with two whales the dart may follow any dii-ection. 



