IIAKACTKIUSTIC; 



THE PEOPLE. 

 I'lIYSICAL (lIAlIACI'l-.KMsriCS. 



Ill Stature tlifs<' pcopl.' -aw of a uicdinni lici-lil, n.hust, and luiis.ailar, 

 "iiicliiiiii.i;- lather to sparciicss than cori.iih'iicr;' - thduf^li llic liillncss 



(,f the face and the ttiick fur clothiii.i;- oltcn -ivcs the iiiipicssi( f 



till- hitter. Th<-re is, however. eonsi(h'i'alde inilh idiial \aiiali<iii anion- 

 tlielii ill this respect. Tlie woim.mi are as a rnh' shortei' than the men, 

 oeeasioiially almost dwarlisli. thoii-h some women aie (nller than many 

 of the men. Tlie tallest man observed measnred .-, feet <M iiielies, ;,ih1 

 the shortest 4 feet 1 1 inches. The tallest woman was .-. feet ;! inches in 

 hei-ht, and the shortest 4 feef }, inch. The heaviest man wei-hed L'()4 

 l.oiinds and the lis^htest V2r, pounds. ( )nr womau weighed J'.)- ponnds 

 and the shintest woman was also the lightest, weighing only l(l(» ponnds.' 

 The hands and feet are snndl and well shaped, though the lorm.T scm.h 

 heconie distorted and roughened l,y work. AVe did not ol)serve the 

 l)ecnliar Incadth of hands noticed l.y Dr. >Siiiii)son, nor is the shortness 

 of the thnnd) which he mentions sufticieuf to attra<-t attention.' Their 

 feet ai'c so small that only one of our i>arty, who is inncli below the 

 ordinary size, was able to wear the boots made by the natives for tln'in 



characteristic of the Kskimo raci' and ha\c been mentioned b\- most 

 obs..rvers from Greenland to .\laska.' 



The teaturesof these iieo|)le have been described by Dr. Siinpson,« 

 and are distinctively P^skimo in type, as will be seen by comparing 

 the accompanyiug portraits (Figs. 1, l', ;;, and 4, from iiimtographs by 

 Lieut. Kay) with the niaiiy pictures brouglit from the eastern Arctic 



' Op. eit., p. 264. 



'Simpson, op. <it.. p. 238. 



3SocK«i>ort of Point Barrow Kxp.-.lili..,,, ,,, .",0, l,,i ;, t;,l.l. ..I mmiimii. 



Tidual-s sc-li-rti-il at random from tli.- iiatu. ^ "I l...tli villai;, ^ ;nHl lli. ir \i,i{n) 



lOp. eit., p. 2:i8. 



'Davis (1586) spBaltM of tin- "small, sl.ii.lc r hands iiml Id ' "I lli. dr., nh 

 gcs, etc. (1589), p. 782. 



"Their hands and feet air lilil.' .mii .s..n. " Craiitz. vol. 1, p. i:):i (laicnlaii 



Hands and feet ••ratrcnud.v diiniiHith.." I'any 1st V,,,., ,,. -J.s.' il'.allh, L.-i 



"Their l.amU and fn-t an. small and u.ll toiin.,!,' Kiimli. n r„„li il. , p, 1 



"Fe.-t extraordinarily small.' KIHm, V,.>a-,-. .1. -, v l::j ( IIi..N"ii Sln.ill. 



Franklin (l»l Kxp., vol. 2, p. 180) m. nlinns tl... small hands and f. .t .d lli. 

 met at the lUoody ■•'all of the C.piiermin.- Kiv.r. 



Searching Exp., i. i' ai .c,,|.. l;ailiurst). 



"Their hands and I. - l .m ^mall," PetrotT, Eeport, etc., p. 134 (Knskoquii 



Chappell (nnd.s.,11 r.ay, |.|., r.!i, 11(1) has a remarkahle theory to aceonnt 



extremities anion;,' the jieople of Hudson Strait. He believes that "the 



restricts vef;etati<m to the form of creeping shrubs has also its eUeet upon 



prevcntini; the extremities from attaining their due proportion" ! 



'Op.cit., p. 238. 



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