SITTRDOCH.] 



^s, slmisi- 



439 



(1 wl 



iii.ua U' 



•lit 



.jadeadzfs r.-l 



by wliicli ir can be liuii.u- up. 



ainiilct, wliicli at tlif tiiiii- ot .■ciicctin.u- it was si 



sinker. There would, however, be no reason for nsini; so valuable an 



object for such a purpose, wlien a <'oniiiion beach jiebble would do just 



as well, unless it was intended as a ehariu to insurt' success in fishing-. 



It may even have been carried as a charm on the person, since we 



afterwards saw a still more btdky object used for such a purpose. 



Siicli ail object seems rather heavy to be carried on the ]ierson, but 

 a well knowu man in Utkiavwln always carried witii 

 sealing a large pear-shaped stone, which must 

 have weighed upwards of two pounds, suspended 

 somewhere about his person. It is not unlikely 

 that thi.s stoue acquired its virtue as an amulet 

 fiom liaviug been a sinker used bj' some lucky 

 fisherman in former time or iu a distant coun- 

 try. Mr. H. AV. ITeushaw has already- referred ti • 

 the resemblance of this amulet to the plummet- FiQ.42c.-Liitici».x,niitaiiiing 

 like "medicine stones" of some of our Indians.' 



Fig. -i20, (No. .S95;}4 [130(5] from Utkiavwiii) is an amulet for success 

 iu whaling. It cousists of three little irregular water-worn fragments 

 of amber carefully wra])i>ed in a bit of ])archment and inclosed iu a lit- 

 tle wooden box U inches long, made of two semicyliudrical bits of cot- 

 touwood, with the flat faces hollowed out and iiut together and fas- 

 tened up by three turns of sinew braid round the middle, tied in a loose 

 knot. The box is old and brown from age and handliug. We heard 

 of other pieces of amber and earth ("niiua") worn as amulets, wrajijied 

 up in bits of leather and hung ou the belt. 



No. 80o3.S [1247], from Utkiavwifi, is siinjily a nearly scjuare peb- 

 ble, 1-4 inches long, of dark red jasper, slung in a bit of siuew^ braid 

 so that it can be hung on the belt. Fig. 427 

 (Xo. S0.')25 [1308] firom Utkiavwln) is some small 

 oiiject. i)laced ill the center of the grain side of a 

 siiuaie l)it of white sealskin, the edges of which 

 are folded up around it and tied tightly round 

 with <leer sinew, so as to make a little round 

 knob. I collected this amulet, and was partieu- 

 ^jt>ir\.^ larly informed how it was to be used. If it be 

 • y tautened on the right shoulder it will insure suc- 



^^ cess in taking ducks with the "bolas." Fig. 428 



("^"' ■^^^♦^^ [1-^^] from Utkiavwiii) is an amulet 

 whose history we did not learn. It is a little ob- 

 long box 3-3 inches long, carved from a block of cottonwood. with a 

 tlat cover tied on with nine turns of sinew braid, and contains twenty- 

 one dried humble-bees, which it was said came from the river Kulu- 



FlO. 427.— A t 



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