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fine or complete people. An Indian, or Tinné, is termed Ti-ki'-lik, from 
in'-kik, “a louse egg;” this is a term of derision, referring to the fact 
that the long hair of the Tinné is commonly filled with the eggs of 
these parasites. The Eskimo practice the tonsure, so that their hair is 
not so conspicuous as that of the Tinné. The Russians are termed 
Kiis-dk, from Cossack; all other whites are known as 4-g’il/-wik. 
Among the Unalit, with the exceptions mentioned below, whatever 
aman wakes, or obtains by hunting, is his own. : 
When a man dies some of his implements and other articles are 
placed by his grave and the remainder are divided among his children 
and other relatives, the former usually receiving the larger share. The 
wife generally makes the distribution soon after her husband’s death, 
often on the day of the funeral. In some cases, however, if a man’s 
blood relatives are greedy, they make the division among themselves, 
leaving very little for the family. 
To the sons usually pass the hunting implements, while the orna- 
ments and household articles go to the wife and daughters. If there 
are several sons the eldest get the least, the most valuable things 
being given to the youngest. Articles of particular value, such as 
heirlooms (pai-tik), go to the youngest son, as does also the father’s 
rifle, which, however, is used by the eldest brother until the younger 
one is old enough to use it. 
When a man dies his sons, if old enough, support the family; other- 
wise they are cared for by relatives. 
The most productive places for setting seal and salmon nets are cer- 
tain rocky points which guard the entrances to bays. Theright to use 
them is regarded as personal property, and is handed down from father 
toson. After the death of the father the sons use these places in com- 
mon until all of the brothers, save one, get new places at unoccupied 
points. If anyone else puts a net in one of these places the original 
owner is permitted to take it out and put down his own. These net 
places are sometimes rented or given out on shares, when the man who 
allows another to use his place is entitled to half the catch. 
The first deer, seal, white whale, or other kind of large game killed 
by a young man is brought to the village, and there one of the old men 
cuts if up and divides it among the villagers, without leaving a particle 
for the young hunter; this is done, they say, that the young man may 
be successful afterward in hunting. If a net is set for any particular 
game and something else is caught, the latter also is divided among 
the villagers in the same way, it being said that if this is done other 
animals of the same kind will come to the net. This is the practice 
when a white whale is caught in a seal net or a seal in a salmon net. 
Seals killed with gun or spear may be taken at once to the village, 
but all seals taken in nets in the fall must be stored in a cache built of 
stones and covered with logs and stones. These storage places are 
built on the shore near the places where the nets are set. The cache 
