44(; THE CENTRAL ESKIMO. 



the Eskimo were now almost independent of their old food supply. 

 Wlien the salmon left the lakes and the "deer were roaming among 

 the hills the time of plenty was at hand. The salmon creeks were 

 visited, deer were caught, and seals pursued on the ice (p. 170). Al- 

 though the first deer were caught in traps in May, the principal sea- 

 son for deer hunting opened after the breaking up of the ice, when 

 they were easily taken while crossing the lakes. 



When Rae wintered the second time in Repulse Bay (lcS5-l-"o5) he 

 was miich surprised to find no natives there. They had wintered 

 farther south, and did not come to the bay until May, 1855, when 

 they could catch seals on the land ice. In 1864, when Hall arrived 

 at "Wager River, Repulse Bay was again deserted. This year of 

 Hall's stay in Hudson Bay is very instructive, as we learn from his 

 account the partici;lars of the migration of the Aivillirniiut from Nu- 

 vung to Repulse Bay. The following facts are taken from his 

 journal: 



In June, 18G5, a traveling party arrived in Repulse Bay (Hall II, 

 p. 177), whei'e numerous deer were met with. Their tents were 

 erected on Uglariaq, whence seals were pursued, and they began at 

 once to make blubber deposits (p. 179). They were very eager to 

 store as much provision as possible, as there was no chance of ob- 

 taining a fresh stock at Repulse Bay during the winter. Some of 

 the party brought their boats to the floe edge in order to follow the 

 seal and walrus, which were swimming in the water or lying on the 

 drifting ice in great niimbers, while others preferred sledgiiag on the 

 land floe and shooting the basking seals (p. 181). After the break- 

 ing up of the ice, whales were seen, and kayaks and boats were made 

 ready for their pursuit. In September most of the natives returned 

 to North Pole Lake to hunt deer at the lower narrows (p. 202), where 

 the meat was deposited for winter use (p. 204). 



On the 19th of October the last deer was killed (p. 205), and most 

 of the natives returned to the bay. They located at Naujan, the men 

 in the party numbering 43 (p. 216). During the winter no kind of 

 hunt was kept up, only a few salmon and trout being caught in the 

 lakes (p. 210). Towards the latter part of March the settlement was 

 broken up and its members scattered for the purpose of hunting and 

 fishing (p. 227). Salmon wcri' caught in North Pole Lake and deer 

 shot in the narrow pusses ( \>. ■.'■.';). The sealing did not begin until 

 the first of April (p. 2:!'.t). hi t he summer, deer, seal, walrus, and sal- 

 mon were caught in great abundance. In the following years the 

 mode of life was about the same, but it may be remarked that in Au- 

 gust the natives lived at Pitiktaujang and afterwards went to Lyon 

 Inlet (Maluksilaq) to hunt deer (p. 333). Part of them returned to 

 Repulse Bay, where walrus were caught on the drifting ice during 

 September. In the ensuing winter (1867-'68) 55 natives had gathered 

 in a village about twenty miles east of Fort Hope (p. 333), where they 



