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The fur traders, one and all, furthered my work with voluntary 
assistance. ‘To Messrs McQuesten, Petersen, Fredericks, and Will- 
jams I owe many favors. I am particularly grateful to the late Pro- 
fessor Baird for the opportunity to accomplish the field work which 
resulted in the accumulation of the material on which the present 
report is based. I have also to extend to the authorities of the 
National Museum my appreciation of their courtesy in placing the 
entire Alaskan ethnological collection at my disposal during the prep- 
aration of this report, and for other favors. To Professor Otis T. 
Mason and Dr Walter Hough, of the United States National Museum, 
T am under special obligations for their unfailing courtesy and cordial 
assistance during the preparation of this work. I wish also to express 
my sense of obligation to Mr Wells M. Sawyer, illustrator of the Bureau 
of American Ethnology, for many suggestions and other favors while 
arranging the illustrations. 
ALPHABET 
The following alphabet is used in writing all Eskimo names of places, 
etc, in this memoir: 
a as a in father. kn anasal sound formed in the roof of 
a as @ in what, the mouth by the blending of the 
Fy as a in hat. k into the n. 
Hit as aw in law. 1 as Zin lull. 
ai as ai in aisle. Van aspirated /. 
au as ow in how. lh a harsher aspirated sound than (’, 
bas bin blab. m as min mum. 
eh as ch in church, n asnin nun. 
das din dread. i as ng in sing. 
dj  asjin judge. o aso in note. 
(:) as ein they. 6 aso in home, with a short pronun- 
& as e in then. ciation. 
if as f in fife. p as p in pipe. 
g as g in get. ph an aspirated p. 
g’ an aspirated g. r as r in roaring. 
gh a harshly aspirated g. 8 as s in sauce. 
h as in ha, sh as sh in should. 
h’ =a soft aspiration. t as ¢in touch. 
hl a sound formed by placing the | tl as dle in little. 
tongue in the position assumed at ts as fs in tsar. 
the end of the pronunciation of | u as uw in rule. 
1 and then giving an aspirated | i as win pull. 
continuation of the sound. a as wu in but. 
i as i in pique. vi as v in valor. 
i as i in pick. Ww as. w in wisli. 
j ag 2 in azure. hw thew sound, beginning with an aspi- 
k as k in kiek,. ration. 
k’ asoft aspiration of the k sound. y as y in you. 
kh a hard palatal prolongation or aspi- | z as 2 in zone. 
ration of k. 
The color scheme used in the drawings representing totem marks. 
grave boxes, masks, etc., is shown in figure 1, page 26, 
