THE CENTRAL ESKIMO, 



By Dr. Franz Boas 



INTRODUCTION. 



The following account of the Central Eskimo contains chiefly the 

 results of the author's own observations and collections made during 

 a journey to Cumberland Sound and Davis Strait, supplemented by 

 extracts from the reports of other travelers. The geographical re- 

 sults of this journey have been published in a separate volume." 

 A few traditions which were considered unsuitable for publication 

 by the Bureau of Ethnology may be found in the Verhandlungen 

 der Berliner Gesellschaft fiir Anthropologic, Ethnologic und Urge- 

 schichte, 1SS7. The linguistic material collected during the journey 

 will be published separately. 



Owing to unfortunate circumstances, the larger portion of the 

 author's collections could not be brought home, and it has therefore 

 been necessary, in preparing this paj^er, to make use of those made 

 by C. F. Hall. 1860-1862 and 1865-1869; W. Miutzer, 1873-74:, and L. 

 Kumlien. 1877-78. Through the kindness of Professor Otis T. Mason, 

 I was allowed to make ample use of the collections of the National 

 Museum and have attached its numbers to the specimens figured. 

 The author's collection is deposited in the Museum fiir Volkerkunde 

 at Berlin. I am indebted to the American Museum of Natural 

 History; to Mr. Appleton Sturgis, of New York; to Captain John 

 0. Spicer, of Groton, Conn. ; and to Mrs. Adams, of Washington, 

 D. C. , for several figures drawn from specimens in their possession. 



' Baffin-Land. Geographische Ergebnisse einer in den Jahren 1883 und 1884 

 ausgefulu-ten Forschungsreise. Von Dr. Franz Boas. (Erganzungsheft No. 80 zu 

 „Petermaruis Mitteilungen".) Gotha: 1885. 



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