VI CONTEXTS. 



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Distribution of the tribes 419 



General observations 419 



Baffin Land 421 



Tlie SikosuOaruiiut 421 



Tlie Akuliarmiut 421 



The Qaumauangmiiit 421 



The Nugumiut 422 



The Oqomiut 424 



The PadUmiut and the Akiulnirniiut 440 



Tlie Aggomiut 442 



The Iglulirmiut ' 444 



Tlie Pilingmiut 444 



Tlie Sagdlirmiut 444 



Western shore of Hudson Bay ^ 444 



The AiviUiruiiut 445 



The Kinipetu or Agutit 450 



The Sagdlirmiut of Southaniplon Island 451 



The Sinimiut 451 



Boothia Fehx and Back River 452 



The Netchillirmiut 452 



Tlie Ugjulirmiut 458 



The Ukusiksalirmiut 458 



Smith Sound 459 



The natives of Ellesmere Land 459 



The North Greenlanders 460 



Influence of geogi-aphical conditions upon the distribution of the settlements . . 460 



Trade and intercourse between the ti-ibes 462 



List of the Central Eskimo tribes 470 



Huntmg and fishing 4T1 



Seal, walrus, and whale hunting 471 



Deer, musk ox, and bear hunting 501 



Hunting of small game 510 



Fishmg 513 



Manufactures 516 



Makmg leather and preparing skins 516 



Sundry implements 523 



Transportation by boats and sledges 527 



The boat 527 



The sledge and dogs 529 



Habitations and dress 539 



The house 539 



Clothing, dressing of the liair. and tattooing 554 



Social and religious life 561 



Domestic occupations and amusements 561 



Visiting 574 



Social customs in summer 576 



Social order and laws 578 



ReUgious ideas and the angakunirn (priesthood) ... 583 



Sedna and the fulmar 583 



The tornait and the angakut 591 



The flight to the moon 598 



Kadlu tlie thunderer 600 



Feasts, religious and secular 600 



Customs and regulations concerning birth, sickness, and death 609 



