SLKDGl' 



sr)7 



lnii]is, Mild \V()Uiiilcli)scly ill ;i spiral aniiiiHJ a strainlil roil of w lialrl)i>iic 



liaiid aiT knotted into liiijis <ir Ix'ckcts alioiit '_' i indies in (iiaiiictcr 



The otluM- two bands aiv simple, nanow slripsot wlialeh •, niiini„n- 



.straight across tliionoh the loops ami knoltcd al llie ends iiil<> simihu- 

 beckets. These liei'kets \vereoli\i(insl\- {\,v (\in^ on I he loail 



The sled with side rails does n<,t aii[iear to he nsed east ..f the Mae 

 kenzie fe;;ion, but is fonud only slightly niodilled at least as lar south 

 as Norton Sound.' The sled.uc used oii the Asiatie ,-oast, houevei, as 

 shown in Nordeuskir.ld's li.-ine.- helon-s to a totally (litlerent lamilv 

 l)eins' undoubtedly borrowed irom the reindeer Clmkehes. ■ The sleds 



of th (Stern Eskimo vary somewhat in pattern and material, but 



may be des.ailied in -eiieral terms asessentiallv the sain., as the uina, 

 liilt usually provided with wiiat is called an ■• upstander, " namely, fw,', 

 upri^iht liosts at eaeh side otthe baek of the sled, often eoiineeted by a 



which serve to ,-uide the sled from l>ehind. Many descrip- 

 tions and li-ines of these sleds will be tbiuid ill t he various d.^scliptiolis 

 oftheeast.Mli Ivskuno. 



D.H/s .o/r//,,M.//r,«.— These sled-es are drawn by doffs, which, as far as I 



Kskimo. They are, as a rule, rather lai-v and st..nt. A number of the 

 do.usal Clkiavwin would compare favorably in si/.e with the a vera.ue 

 Newtbnndland do-s, and they appear to becapabh^of well sustained 



exertion. The c i ^st color is the re-nlar •• brindle" of the wolf, 



thou-h while, brindle-and white, and black and-whib' d.i-s are not iiii- 



com II. Thei-e was, however, but one wholly black do- in the two 



villa-cs. Thiswasa vrvy handsom.' animal known bytln^ naiiieof.Mlua 

 (■'coal-'). 



livery don- has his n: •and knows it. Their disposition is rather 



qiiairels •.especially anion- t liemsel ves. but they are not parlicie 



larly ferocious, seldom doin- iiKU'e than howl and yelp at a stran-cr, 

 and it is not dillicult iisiiallv t ake friends with them. Tlien^ was 



nam Iluopira ■ Tint.s ofllie Ti, 



