CLUBS. 

 WEAPON!^. 



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As would naturally l>c cxpiM'tcd iVoiii whar has 

 peaceful character of these people, otieiisivi> \v(M|iiiiis, 

 for use agaiust men, are exceedingly rare. In case 

 of quarrels between indi\-iduals or parties tlic liows, 

 spears, and knives intended for hunting or general 

 use would be turned against their enemies. Even 

 their rifles, nowadays, are kept much more for hunt- 

 ing than as weapons of offense, and the revolvers of 

 various patterns which many of them have obtained 

 from the ships are chiefly carried when traveling back 

 and forth between the two \illages as a protection 

 against a possible bear. We, however, obtained a 

 few weapons which were especially designed for tak- 

 ing human life. One of these was a little club 

 (ti'glun) (No. 89492 [1310], Fig. 172, from Utkiavwlfi) 

 made of the butt end of an old pickax head of whale's 

 bone, with the point cut down to a blunt end. It is 

 (i-J: inches long and meant to l)e clenched in the 

 hand Iikr a dagger, and used for striking blows, prob- 

 ably at the f eMi])le. The transverse grooves for haft 

 ing give a good hold lor the fingers. This was the 

 only weapon of the kind seen. 



We tulltitc d I sjn^h spec imen of a kind of slung 

 shot. No. 89472 1 90.". 



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in Greenland, 



(1 li, 17 >), nude 

 of a roughly ovoid lump of In i\\ bont, 

 the symphysis of the lo^\ti pw of i 

 walrus, 3i inches long At tin sni ilh i 

 end two large hoh s m bond in 

 oblicjuely so as to mtt t undi i the sui 

 faceandform achannt 1 thiou^h whuh 

 is passedaslijx.f whiti m d skin ibout 

 1.") inches long, the ( nds of \\hi(h 

 fasten together with two slits, so as to 

 make a loop. This m i\ Ik tonipiKd 

 with the st<me balls usul 1)\ tin uh u nt 

 Aleuts for striking a m in on tin tt miile 

 The commonest wtapon of oflciise 

 was a broad dagger m ide of i boia of 

 the polar bear. This w is s iid to la 

 esjiecially meant to) killm^ i bid 

 man," possibly for «(itiin s]«(ifKd 

 offenses or perhaps i IK is, sot iiismitN 



cither dcudtdh idmissi 



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