"••"•■'""■I KKI.KUON. 431 



alxiiit rlicsf wizanls or •■ (idcroi-s." ihr aii;;vkul of tlic.'asimi Kskitiio, 



special ivf.T.-n.'e to Ihcic wiitin.us rxc.^i)! w line 1 lic.\ lia|i|M'ii to throw 

 liuiitou <mr own ohs.'ix atioiis. I>r. Siinpson snccerdnl iii olilaiiiiiiij- 



our party was able to do. ami liis ohscrx al ioiisj to which ouis arc in 

 suuicdeyrcc supiilcnicntarx-. tend to corroborate t lie i-oncliision at wliich 

 I have arrived. 



va.uue. We learned that many men in I1h> villa-e. .list in-nishabh' 

 from the rest l)y no \isil)h> cliaract.'ristics. w cr.' able lo heal llie sick, 



procure -ood weather, lavoraldc ^^illds. phaify of -; ■. and do other 



tliin-s by ••talkin-'-'and beatin- th,' .Irnm, \V.> did nol h'ain the 

 miml)er oltli.'se men in either villa.uc hut we heard ol' \ cry nian\ dit- 

 ferent men doin- .me <.r tlie other of tiicM^ thin-s. wliile oth.asof our 

 acquaintance never attempted them. Ncitli.-r did \v.' h-ain Dial any 

 one of Ili,.se men was .-onsidered superior to Ih,. r.^st. as appears lo b.. 

 thecasein some re-ioirs. nor how a mancouhl attain tliis powci-. Some 

 of flics., men. wlio ai.peared to -ive paiticulai- atteliti.)n t.i.airin.u tin- 

 si.'k. .-alle.l th<ans..|\-..s •■tu'kte" ( ".hMt.u" i. but. probably lor want 

 ofpr.)p..r]y .lir.M-t.'d in.|uiri..s. we di.l n..t l..arn th.- Rskim.Miam.- .if 



thes.' 1 pi.-. W.' wen- .l.'linit.dy inform. -.1. Imwev.a-. that their •• talk." 



when treating .lisease .)r tryini;' t.) .ilitain fair weath.'r. .'t.-.. was a.l- 

 dri'ssc.l t.i ■• tu'uha." .ir a supernatural b.'in,i;. This name, of .-.lurse, 

 differs only iu dialectic form from fliat applie.l m oth.a- pla.'es 1.. the 

 universal familiar spirits of Eskimo sup.astiti.m. 



We- at tirst supposed that ••tuiula '" m.'ant s.aii.- iiarii.-ular in.livi.l- 

 iial demon, but Dr. Simps.in is pr.ibably ri-lit in sayin.u that th.- I'.iiiit 

 Barr.)w nativ.-s. like th.- rest of th.- Kskinio. r.'c.>^niz.- a h..st .)f 

 tuiinaiii, sine." ••tui;ha" was .l.-scribe.l to us uiid.-r a \'ari.'ty .if forms. 

 M.isl .if th.- nafiv.-s wh.im w.- ask.-.l if tli.-\ ha.l s.-en tuia~ia. said that 

 tli.-\ ha.l not. but that otii.-r men. mcnthuiin- .-.-rtaiii •• .l.i.-tors." had 

 seeii him. On.- man, h.iw.-v.-r. sai.l thai h.- ha.l s.-.-ii turha in th.- 

 ku.lyi-i. when th.- pcijih- •■talk.-.l" sittin.i;- in th.- .lark, with tli.-ir 

 heads bowe.l and fic.-s co\ .-r.-<l. an.l tuaha .-am.- with a nois.- Iik<- a 

 -reaf bird.- He ha.l rais.-.l his li.-a.l an.l saw tiiKUa. like a man with 

 1,1 Ik'ss cheeks.= Tuafia a.yaiii was .-all.-.l -a ba.l man. .l.-a.l " (appar- 



'Oii. rit., ]i.273et sei). 



^ComiiiiroGraali'aaccoimtof thoi-fOTmouy uf summoningii lurngak in East tiiiMibiMil (Xanatne, 

 ]). 123). ••(;omc lie did, liowever, at last, anil his approach was auuimncoil by a strange rushiu- sound, 

 very lik<- Ihc sound of a Inr^e Urd flying beneath the roof." (The italics are my own.) The aiujel-vt 

 eviilenlly have some juggling contrivance, carefully concealed from laymen, perhaps of the nature of a 

 •whizzingstiek.- 



^Compare Rink's description of the ceremony of summoning a tornak to ask bis a<lvici:', in Green- 

 laud (Tabs, eti-., r- ™t- Tliis '>^-'x performed beforea rompanyin a darkenedbouse. The angekok lay 

 on the lliiiir, liesidi- a suspended skin .and drum, with his hands tied behind his back and his head be- 

 tween bi< le"s i -iou- w,is sini" bv the aiulienec. .and the ansckok invoked bis toniak, beating on 

 „.,. „. r„„. ,!p„„, " Tl,,. solvit a'lmnuu.ed bis arrival liv a p.enliar sound and the app.-aranee of a 



