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BAFFIN LAND. 



The SUxOSuilarmiut. — I shall begin with the enumeration of the 

 tribes in the southwestern part of Baffin Land. This country is in- 

 habited by the Sikosuilarmiut, i. e.. the inhabitants of the shore 

 without an ice floe. They are settled in two places: Il^urata, east of 

 King Cape, and Sikosuilaq, within the peninsula (or island?) which 

 projects east of King Caj^e. The large fjords Sarbaq and Sarbau- 

 sirn, which belong to their territory, are known to me only by a de- 

 scription which I received in Cumberland Sound. In summer they 

 -\-isit the upper parts of this long fjord to hunt deer on the plains 

 which reach to the shore of Fox Basin. Probably they do not ex- 

 tend their migrations very far to the north or northeast; otherwise, 

 they would reach Lakes Amaqdjuaq and Nettilling, the region about 

 the latter being the hunting ground of the natives of Cumberland 

 Sound. 



I know of only a single meeting between the Eskimo visiting Lake 

 Nettilling and others who are supposed to have come from Hudson 

 Strait. It occurred in 1883 south of the lake. 



The Akidiarmiut. — This tribe is settled on the northern shore of 

 Hudson Strait. Their winter resort lies west of Qeqertuqdjuaq (Par- 

 ry's North Bluff). In summer they travel through White Bear 

 Sound or Lesseps Bay to Lake Amaqdjuaq, which they reach after 

 crossing a neck of land about ten miles in width. The exact direction 

 of the road cannot be ascertained, as the position of their starting 

 point, which is called Tuniqten, is doubtful. Crossing a short port- 

 age they ascend to Lake Amitoq, whence on a second portage they 

 pass the watershed between Lake Amaqdjuaq and Hudson Strait. 

 From the small Lake Mingong a brook runs into Sioreling and thence 

 into Lake Amaqdjuaq (Baffin-Land, p. GT). On the southern shore 

 of the large lake they erect their summer tents. Farther east, in 

 North Bay, there is another winter residence of the same tribe. Un- 

 fortunately, I cannot specify the place of this settlement, which is 

 called Quaiirnang. 



The Qaumauangmiut. — East of the Akuliarmiut live the Eskimo 

 so frequently met near Middle Savage Islands. Their principal i-esi- 

 dence is near Lake Qaumauang, from which they take their name 

 Qaumauangmiut. My investigations concerning these tribes were 

 much embarrassed by the want of trustworthy charts. If charts 

 are tolerably well delineated, the Eskimo understand the meaning of 

 every point and island and can give detailed accounts of the situa- 

 tion of the settlements and the migrations of the inhabitants. 



Between Sikosiiilaq and Akulia(i but a moderate amount of inter- 

 course is kept up, as the settlements are separated by a wide and 

 uninhabited stretch of land. Notwithstanding this many members 

 of one tribe are found to have settled among the other. An Ameri- 



