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singing and humniing to tlicnisclvfs, somciiiiics, iici-onlinj; to ('apt. 

 Herendeeu, waking up in tlie niglil to sing, r.csidcs ilicir icgidai- I'cs 

 tivals tbey often auuisc themselves jti tlicir houses by singing lo the 

 drum. They are fond of civilized niusie, and, iiaving ii.siially very ([uielc 

 and rather acute ears, readily catch the tunes, which they sing with 

 curiously mutilated words. We found " Shoo Fly" and " lattle llrown 

 Jug" great favorites at the time of our arri\al, and one ohi woman 

 ft-om Nuwiik, told us with great glee, how Magwa (Maguire) used ti> 

 sing " Tolderolderol." Our two violins, the doctor's and the cook's, 

 were a (constant source of delight to them. 



('apt. Parry' gives an excellent account of the nuisic of tlie peoph' of 

 Fury and Heela Straits.- 



I regret extremely that I was not enough of aniusician towiitedown 

 on the spot the <lilferent tunes sung l>y tliese peoi.le. The ordinary 

 monotonous chant is so devoid ol' air that 1 can not possibly recollect 

 it, and the same is true of the chant wliich accompanies the game of 

 pebble-tossing. 1 was able, however, to catch by ear the song sung 

 by the children when they dance to thc^ aurora. I never had th(! whole 

 of this song, which we were told had a large number of stanzas. The 

 first three are as follows: 



1. Kioya kt-. ki..yii kc, 

 A, yiuK, yafn:, y:i, 

 Hwi, hwi', Invi, lnvi! 



2. Tu(llimau:i, trKlIiiiiaiui, 

 A<*':inT!, yarn;, ya, 

 Hwi, hwi, hwi, hwi! 



H. Ivahitauu, kalutauii, 

 A ysun!, y;in«, ya, 

 Hwi, hwi, hwi, hwi! 



We did not succeed in learning the meaning of these words, except, 

 of course, that the iirst word, kioya, is aui ora. When there is a bright 

 aurora, the children often keep on dancing and singing this song till 

 late into the night. A tune was introduced in the spring of I8s;5 by a 

 party of men from KilauwitdwTn, who came up to take part in the 

 whaic-fishing at Utkiavwln. It became at once exceedingly popular, 

 and everybody was singing or humming it. It is peculiar in being in 

 waltz or -i^ turn'., and has considerably more air than the ordinary tunes. 

 I heard no words sung to it except: "O liai hai yana, O hai yana, O 

 haija he, haija he." Mr. Dall informs me that he recognizes this tune 

 as one sung by th(i Indians on the Yukon. 



The artistic sense appears to be nuich more highly developed anumg 

 the western Eskimo than among those of the east. Among tlie litter. 



