MVBDOCH.] INCANTATION. 433 



the village, women were stniidiiit; at the doors of tlie iiouses armed 



with suow-kiiivrs and cluhs with wliich they made passes o\cr II n 



trance when the iieoj)!!" inside called out. lie entered one hocse and 

 found a woman vi.Li'oronsly drivin.g tlie tntina out ol' e\-ei y eoiiiei- witii 

 a. knife. They tlien rejiaired to the kiidyi-i, whei-e theic were ten or 



twel\-e iieople. eaeli of wlioia, to qnote from iaent. i.'ay's note 1 k, 



"made a charge against the evil sjiirit, telling what iiiini ies llie.\ liad 

 received from it." Then tlu^y went into the o])en air, where a lire liad 



been built in front of tlie eiitranc*^, and formed a iialf ciicle ar d the 



Are. Each then went u]» and made a si)eech, bending over the tire 

 (accordiug to Simpson, who descril)es a similar ceremouy at Nuwuk on p. 

 274 of his paper, coaxing tlie tnnna ti me under the tire to warm him- 

 self). Then they brought out a large tub full of urine, to whieii. Simp- 

 sou says, each man present had contributed, and iield it ready ncai' the 

 tire, while two men stood with their rilles in rcadiiu'ss, and a l)oy stood 

 near the tire with a large stone in his hands, liracing himself tirmly 

 with his feet sjiread ajiart for a vigorous throw. Then the.\ chanted as 

 follows (the words of this chant weri> ol)tained afterward by the 

 writer) : 



T:ik tak tiik tolid! 



He! he! he! 



Haiyalie ! 



And instantly the contents of the tub were daslied on the fire, the 

 stone thrown into the embers, and both men discharged their ritles, one 

 into the embers, and one into the cloud of steam as it rose. Then all 

 brushed their clothes violently and shouted, and the tuuna was killed. 

 By a fortunate coincidence, the next day was the tinest we had had 

 for a long time. 



Sacrifices are also occasionally made to these supernatural beings as 

 ill (lieenland "gifts were offered to theinue of certain rocks, capes and 

 ice firths, principally when traveling and passing those places.'" 



(Japt. Herendeen, in the fall of 1882, went to the rivers in company 

 with one of the "doctors." When they arrived at the river Kuaru, 

 where the latter intended to stay tor the fishing, he got out his drum and 

 "talked" for a long time, and breaking oil" very small pieces of tobacco 

 threw them into the air, crying out, "Tiuina, tuijua, I give you tobacco! 

 give me plenty of tish." When they passed the dead men at the 

 cemetery, he gave them tobacco in the same way, asking them also for 

 tish.^ We noticed but few other superstitious observances which have 

 not been already described. As in Greenland and elsewhere, super- 

 stition requires certain persons to abstain from certain kinds of food. 

 For instance, Munialu, and apparently many others, were not permitted 



' Rink, Tales, etc., i>. 56. 



» "When an Innuit p.isscs thp place where a relative has tlieil, he pauses and ileposits a pieee ofmeat 

 near hy." Baffin Lauil, Hall, Artie Researches, p. 574. 

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