112 THE POINT JiAKUOW ESKIMO. 



woman's frock. On her k'Ss a- woman wt-ars a pair of ti,!;lit-fltting 

 (loerskin pantaloons with the hair next the skin, and ontsidc of tlicsc a 

 siinihir i.air m-.uh- of the skins of dc<-r Ic-s, with the hair ont, and haviii- 

 soles of sealskin, l.nt no anklestrin-s. Tlie outer ]iant;doons are usually 

 laid aside in sprin-, and wat.T|.ronf boots like the n,.M,'s, l.nt fast.Mied 



In the summer pantaloons wh.illy of waterproof sealskin aiv olten put 

 on. The women's j.antal.M.us, like tin' men's breeches, ar.^ fastened witli 

 a girdle just above the hips. It appears that they do not slay up very 

 well, as the wonuMi are eontiuually •• hitehin.u " them uji and li.iAhtening 

 their girdles. 



Until they rea.h manh 1 the boys wear jiantaloons like the women, 



but their jackets are .ait just like those of the n.en. The dre.ss of the 

 girls is a eonii.lete miniatui-e otthat .if the women, e\ en to the iioeket 

 In' the ehild's head. Those who aiv well to-d,. generally own several 

 complete suits of elothes, and present a neat appearance when not en- 

 gaged in dirty work. The poorer ones wear one suit on all occasions 

 till it becomes shabby. New clothes are seldom put on till winter. 



The <mter frock is not often worn in the iglii, being usually taken off 

 before entering the room, and the under one is generally dispensed with. 

 Men habitually leav<> off th.Mr bo..ts in (he house, and rar(dy their 

 stockings and i.reeclu's, retaining onl.\ a pair of thin deerskin drawers. 

 This custom of strijiping in the house has been noticed among all Es- 

 kimos whose habits have been des<-ril.e<l. from Crcenland to Siberia. 

 The natives are slow to adopt any moditications in the styh- of dress, 

 the excellence and convenience of which has been so nv(|nently coni- 

 nu'uted upon that it is unnecessary to refer to it. One or tw<i youths 

 learned from association with us the c.mvenience of pockets, and acc(,rd- 

 ingly had -patch pock.'ts" of .'hith sewed on the outsid,. ..tthc skirt of 





l,i|, 1 ts. eviilently copies from our india-rubber wading b.iots. I uow 



inoce.Ml to the des.-ril.tion of the clothing in detail. 



//r,/-/.-/o////;H/.— The only head covering usually worn is tlu' hood of 

 the frock, whi.-h reaches to about th.' middle of the head, the front 

 b.'ing covered by the hair. Women who are carrying .•hildren in the 

 ja<-ket sometimes wrap the head in a cloth. (I have an indistinct rec- 

 ollection of once seeing a wonuin with a deerskin hood, but was too 

 busy atthetinu' to nud<e a not.' or sket<-h of it.) One nnin at Utki- 

 avwTn (Niigawau'ra. now deceased), win. was quit.' bahl on the forehead, 

 used to protect tin' fnmt of his head with a sort of f dse front of deer- 

 skin, tied rouml like a fillet. No si.ecinH'US of any of these arti<-les 

 were obtained. I''ancy conical caj.s ai-e worn in the dam-es and theat- 

 rical p.'rformanc.'s, bn"t these belong nn.re iiroperly under the head of 

 (iames and I'astimcs (where they will be .lescribed) than under thatof 

 Clothing. 



