MURDOCH.] 



other oml 

 pattern vi\ 



•lit iiitooniiiiiiciit; 



red witli red odiei 

 figure of a reindeer on e;i.li t 

 otlier. Tied by a bit ut sinew 

 tliree wing tips (three or four i 



buff-breasted sandpiper (Tryngites subrufieollis). 



longer wlien new and perhaps was originally used for a seal indicator 

 (whicli see above). Fig. 2(!3 (No. 89453 [1581] from ITtkiavwffi) is a 

 similar rod, the tip of which has been brought to an edge so that it can 

 be used as a " feather-setter" in featheriug arrows. The remain.s of two 

 wing tips of some small bird are tied to one of the notches at the upper 

 end. 



Having now described in 

 used in hunting, I am |)re|i 

 metliods of pmsuing the dill 



Thf pohir /«7n-.— IJears ai 

 the seal liiinters, roaming al 

 shore. Tliey usually run fr 

 even when wounded. Occa: 

 hunger comes in from I lie ? 

 storehouse of seal meat evci 

 such a case lie. has very littl 

 out with their ritles and cut 

 this way at ntkiavwTn in tl 

 attacked with tiie ritle, oftei 

 The umiaks when walrus li 

 the loose ice. If tlie b.-ar i 

 ditlicully in iiaddling up do 



'/•/(,• „•<.(/:— The wolf can 

 pursuit. Wolves are olteii 

 in the winter, and one famil 

 a couple of young wolf cut 

 and the Oolville. The.s." tli. 

 picketed on the tundra just 

 of snow to shelter them, cai 

 fur had grown long enough 



letail all tlic weapons and other implements 

 ired to give an account of the time and 

 er«'nt kinds of game. 



e occasionally met witli in the winter by 

 out the ice fields at some distance from the 

 nil a man and often do not make a stand 

 lionally, however, a bear rendered bold by 

 ca and makes an attack on some native's 



in the midst of the village. Of c(mr,se, in 

 1' chance of cscaiie, as the natives all turn 

 off his retreat. Two bears were killed in 

 le winter of ISSU-'s.;. The bear is always 

 I with the help of dogs to bring liim to bay. 

 unting sometimes meet with bears among 

 < caught in the water, there is very little 

 ■;c enough to him to slioot him. 



hardly be considcicd a reguhir object of 

 seen and occasionally shot by ileer hunters 

 V in the .summer of 1883 managed to catch 

 s alive, somewhere between Point Barrow 

 y brought home with them and kept them 

 outside of the village, with a little kennel 

 efully feeding them till winter, wlii'ii tiieir 

 or use in trimming hoods. They were then 



