MURDOCH.] iN'n'.i;('iin;sK with wiiiri'; mi'.x. f),"} 



iu regard to the use of tirc;iniis. Tlics ccrhiinlN n'liicinlM'rril no I'.iiolisli. 

 Indeed, Dr. Siliipsoii s;iys' tluit thry LmiiumI Imnlly :iiiy. 'I'lir rhn-rr's 

 people probably found it very ensy to ilo as we did and ndopl a soil o| 

 jargon of Eskimo wovdsaiid "iii-roii Imi^IIsIi" iiiainaiai- loi- maicral in 

 terconrse. Althou-li. a<-cordiii.u to the acrouiil of llir iiali\rs. Ihcic 

 was considerable intorcourse l)et\vrni flic sailors a ml I lie lOskimo w omen, 

 tii.-r.' are now no people livin.n at citlicr \ illaiiv wlio \\r <-oiihl !»• sure 



being half Knglisli. Siir was r.Miiarkal.lr only for li.-i' lar-e build, ami 

 was not lighter than many ]nuc-blo(,d<-d womni. 



Since 18.")4, whon tlio first wlialors .-amc as far north as Ilir i'oiiil, 

 there has hardly bo.-n a season in which ships have not visilcil this i-e- 

 gion, and for a <-ou|)lc of months evcr\- year the natives hasr had con- 

 siderable intercourse with the whites, going off to the sliips to trade. 

 while tile sailors come ashore o.-casionally. We found that they usually 

 spoke of white men as ••kablu'na :" but they informed us that they had 

 another word, -tu'ii-nyin." which they used to employ among themselves 

 when they saw a shij.. Dr. Simpson- says that they learned the word 

 "kabliina" from the eastern natives, but that the latter (he gives it 

 Tan'-ningorTan'-gin) came from the NiiiiataTnuiun. lb- sii|>posesit to 

 apply to the Uussiaiis, who had regular bath (hiys at their posts, and 

 .says it is derived from taii-nikh lu-go. to wash or cleanse the ixuson. 



The chief change resulting from tlu-ir intercourse with the whites has 

 been the introducri f lircarms. Nearly all the natives are now pro- 

 vided with gnus, some of the f the best modern patterns of breech- 

 loaders, and they usually succeed in procuring a supply of ammunition. 

 This is in some respects a disadvantage, as the reindeer ha\ c be<-oinc so 

 wild that the natives would no longer be able to pnxaire a sufticicMt 

 number of them for food and <-lothing with tlieii' former aiipliauces. and 

 they are thus rendered dependent on the shii.s. On the other hand, 

 withaph'iiliful supply of amiiuinitioii it is easier for them to procure 

 abundance of tbod. both deer and seals, and th.-y are less lialde to famine 

 than in former times. 



There is no reason to fear, as has been suggested, that they will lose 

 the art of making any of their own weapons except in the case of the 

 bow. With lircarms alone they would b.' unable to obtain any seals, 

 a much moiv important souive of too.l than the ivindeer. and their own 

 ai.plianees for sealing arc much better than any civili/.c.l contrivanees. 

 Although they have plenty of tin' most improved modern whaling gear, 

 they are not likelx to tbrget the maiuifacture of their own implements 

 for this purposi'. as this important fishery is ruled by tradition and 

 suiierstitioii. whi.h insists that at least (Uie harpoon of the ancient pat- 

 tern must be iiscl ill taking every whale. All arc now rich in mm, 

 civilized t.H.ls. canvas and wreck wood, and in this respe.'t then- con- 

 dition is improved. 



^ 'n„.cit.v.i5l. ^0,,.dt.,i..a71. 



