CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER XXIV. 



THE TCHUKTCHI. 



The Land of the Tchuktchi.— Their independent Spirit and eommei-cial Entei-prise.— Perpetual Migra- 

 tions. — The Fair of Ostrownoje. — Visit in a Tchuktch Polog. — Races. — Tchuktch Bayaderes.— 

 The Tennygk, or Reindeer Tchuktchi. — The Onkilon, or Sedentary Tchuktchi. — Their Mode of 

 Life Page 262 



CHAPTER XXV. 



BERING SEA — THE RUSSIAN FUR COMPANY — ^THE ALEUTS. 



BeringSea.— Unalaska.— The Pribilow Islands.— St. Matthew.— St. Laurence.— Bering's Straits.— The 

 Russian Fur Company.— The Aleuts. — Their Character. — Their Skill and Intrepidity in hunting the 

 Sea-otter,— The Sea-bear.— Whale-chasing.— Walrus-slaughter.— The Sea-lion 268 



CHAPTER XXVI. 



ALASKA. 



Purchase of Alaska by the United States. — The Russian American Telegraph Scheme.— Whymper's 

 Trip up the Yukon.— Dogs. — The Start.— Extempore Water-filter.— Snow-shoes.— The Frozen Yu- 

 kon.— Under-ground Houses. — Life at Nulato.— Cold Weather.— Auroras.— Approach of Summer. 

 — Breaking-up of the Ice. — Fort Yukon. — Furs.— Descent of the Yukon.— Value of Goods.— Arctic 

 and Tropical Life. — Moose-hunting.— Deer-corrals.— Lip Ornaments.— Canoes.— Four-post Coffin. 

 —The Kenaian Jndians.— The Aleuts.— Value of Alaska 277 



CHAPTER XXVn. 



THE ESQUIMAUX. 



Their wide Extension. — Climate of the Regions they inhabit.— Their physical Appearance.— Their 

 Dress.— Snow Huts.— The Kayak, or the Baidar.— Hunting Apparatus and Weapons.— Enmity be- 

 tween the Esquimaux and the Red Indian. — The "Bloody Falls."— Chase of the Reindeer.— Bird- 

 catching. — Whale-hunting. — Various Stratagems employed to catch the Seal. — The " Keep-kuttuk." 

 — Bear-hunting. — Walrus-hunting. — Awaklok and Myouk.— The Esquimaux Dog.— Games and 

 Sports.— Angekoks.— Moral Character.— Self-reliance.— Intelligence.— Iligliuk. — Commercial Ea- 

 gerness of the Esquimaux.— Their Voracity.— Seasons of Distress 290 



CHAPTER XXVin. 



THE FUR-TRADE OF THE HUDSON'S BAY TERRITORIES. 



The Coureur des Bois. — The Voj'ageur. — The Birch-bark Canoe. — The Canadian Fur-trade in the last 

 ' Century. — The Hudson's Bay Company.^Bloody Feuds between the North-west Company of Can- 

 ada and the Hudson's Bay Company. — Their Amalgamation into a new Company in 1821. — Recon- 

 struction of the Hudson's Bay Company in 1863. — Forts or Houses. — The Attiha-wmeg. — Influence 

 of the Company on its savage Dependents. — The Black Bear, or Baribal. — The Brown Bear. — The 

 Grizzly Bear. — The Raccoon. — The American Glutton. — The Pine Marten. — The Pekan, or 

 Wood-shock.— The Chinga. — The Mink. — The Canadian Fish-otter. — The Crossed Fox.— The ^ 

 Black or Silvery Fox. — The Canadian Lynx, or Pishu. —The Ice-hare. — The Beaver. — The 

 Musquash 304 



CHAPTER XXIX. 



THE CREE INDIANS, OR EYTHINYUWUK. 



The various Tribes of the Crees.— Their Conquests and subsequent Defeat.— Their Wars with the Black- 

 feet.— Their Character.— Tattooing.— Their Dress.— Fondness for their Children.— The Cree Cradle.— 

 Vapor Baths.— Games.— Their religious Ideas.— The Cree Tartarus and Elysium 319 



CHAPTER XXX, 



THE TINNE INDIANS. 



The various Tribes of the Tinne Indians.— The Dog-ribs.- Clothing.— The Hare Indians.— Degraded 

 State of the Women.— Practical Socialists.— Character.— Cruelty to the Aged and Infirm 327 



