ni;i; making 



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1 li:i(l no oipporruniry <iC sccin- this diill nianipiilnlc.l. l.m I Imv vnn 

 vin.-cdniysriniy..xiMTin,rnl tlut the sti<-K or •• li-lil sl,„-k," I,, us.- N,,,-. 



kiH'cIih-oi, tlH'.,tli.TkiH.... '■ '" " 



Flint m„l sfnI.-Vm' is usually „l,tainr,l uowa.lays l,y stiikiii- a 

 spaik ill til.' oidiuaiy uirtii.,,! fmni a hit olllint witli a steel, iisiialPv a 

 hit ufsnuw wliit.' mail's t.MiL I'.oth aiv eanied, as in I >r. Simpsiurs t iiiie 

 ill a little ha.- sluii- ai„uii,l tli,. iie,.k, al.Hi- with some tin.ler mad., ot 

 tiic down of willow <-atkiiis mixed with diairoal or perliaiis <;iiiipowd..|'. 



The flints usually caffied for lij;htiii,i: the pipe, tli. lyoues 1 have s.^en, 



arc very small, and only a tiny fragment of tinder is liol,(,,,i which is 

 placed on the tohacco. Lii.-ifer matelu's (klliaksa-au) were eai^crly 

 he,L;,-e.l. hut they did Hot appear to care eiHiii-li for them to piiirhase 

 them. Our fn.mdXikawaalu. from w ii we ohtained much information 



used to .u'ct •■■;i-eat fire" l)y strikin.^' to!;-etlier t wo pieces of iron pyrites. 

 i>r. Simpson speaks^)f two lumps of iron pyrites bein- used forstrikin- 

 lire, hut he does not make it <-lear whether he saw this at I'oinf P.arr.w 

 or only at Kot/.c'hue Sound. Iron pyrites apjiears to have heen u.sed 



((iiite -enerally a ii,'i the Kskimo. I'.i-ssels saw it useil with (piartz 



at Smith SoiuhI. with w illow catkins for tinder' and Lyon mentions the 



kind <pf tiiMler, at l-liilik.' Willow .-atkins are al,- 

 used for tinder at the Coppermiuc K'iver.' 



No. SKSL'.-, |Ii;;;iaiid 17l'1'| are some of the catki 

 used for niakin- the tinder, wliudi were -athered 

 c.,iisiderahl.. ipiantitiesat the rivers. They are <-alled 



say •■, ■atkins" or "pirssy willows." 



/w//<//n/-/,v.— I'roiii the same place they also hr.m-ht 



I le billow twi.us,!! inches Ion- and tied with sinews 



into hunches or la-ots of ahoiif a. dozen or a (hizen 

 and a ha Ifea.'h, which they said were listed for kindling- 

 (ires. (No. S'.ISi'4 |I7l.'.-,|.) 



Hon- ,ni,l-,trn>ir mnkliuj.^X comidete set of how"- >3 

 and arrow tools consists of I pieces. \i/. : a iii; 

 s|)ike, two twisters, and a feather si'tter, as sho 

 l''i-. lis;;. No. SIMtl.") yMVl\, from i'tkiavwin. The ■■•..i .im.u t....i». 

 pieces of this .set are p.^rforated and strung on a piece of sinew hniid, 

 4 iiielies long, with a knot at ea<di end. 



The Mitrlincsplkr.—Thi^ is a tiat, four-sidi'd rod of walrus ivory, 5-G 



'Ciiiuparothi.s with Dr. Simps,, ns sl^il.-imiil, quottil :ibiivi', Uiiit .stoui-s l„r arrowheads were hrought 

 by thr Nuiiatafmiiuu from tin- ivii wiik Ki\er. 

 'Op. cit., p. 243. 



' Naturalist, vol. 18, pt. 0, ]». 8(17. 

 ^Journal, pp. 'JIO and 231. 

 •Franklin, First Expert., vol. '2, p. IKK. 



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