g40 THE CENTRAL ESKIMO. 



(5) It is said that albinos of seals and deer spring from an egg of 

 aboiit half a foot in length, which forms itself in the earth. The 

 seal digs an underground passage to the sea, the deer a similar one 

 to a distant part of the country, and there they rise. The albinos are 

 said to be very quick. 



I will add here an enumeration of the fabulous tribes of which I 

 gained intelligence, but of some of them I only know the names. 



(1) The Tornit, or, as they are called by the Akudnirmiut, the 

 Tuniqdjuait (p. 634). It is remarkable that this people is considered 

 here, as well as in Labrador, a tribe similar to the Eskimo, with whom 

 tlicy InriiMM-ly lived in company, but who were subs('(|ni'iitly expelled 

 by 1lic hiltci-. In Greenland they are entirely a r^iliult.iis tribe, each 

 inilividiuil being of enormous size, living inland and seldom hunting 

 in the upper pax'ts of the fjords. While in the western parts of the 

 Eskimo country a more historical form of the tradition is preserved, 

 it is entirely mythical in Greenland, 



(2) The Adlet or Erqigdlit. In the tradition treating of this tribe 

 a similar change occurs. The Labrador Eskimo call the Indians of 

 the interior Adlet, the tribes west of Hudson Bay call them Erqigdlit. 

 The Baffin Land Eskimo and the Greenlanders have forgotten this 

 relation altogrtlici'. but dmntr with tlu' trrni a fabulous tiibe witli 

 dogs' legs and a hum.-ni lio.ly. Tlir ii:niu- A.lhi is us.'d as I'ai- ii.irth 

 as Cumberland Peninsula, tin' Aku<lninniut and tlie more imi-thcrn 

 tribes using the term Erqigdlit. It is difficult to account for the use 

 of these different terms in both senses. 



(3) The Ardnainiq, a tribe living in the extreme northwest. The 

 men of this people are small, tiny, like children, but entirely covered 

 with hair. They are carried about in the hoods of their wives, just 

 like children. The women are of normal size. They do all the work, 

 going out hunting in the kayaks and providing for the men. 



(4) The Inuarudligang, dwarfs living in the cliffs near the shore. 



(5) The Igdlungajung, a bandy legged peoi^le living inland, 

 (0) The Uissuit, dwarfs living in the depth of the sea (p. 021). 



(7) The Ijii-ang. 



(8) The Qailerte'tang, a people consisting of womqn only (p. 005). 



Finally, I will mention the animals which are only known to the 

 natives by reports of foreign tribes and are described as fabulous 

 creatures. These are the umingmang (the musk ox), which is repre- 

 sented as a fierce animal with black and red streaks and larger than 

 a bear, and the agdlaq (the black bear), which, according to their be- 

 lief, is also of enormous size. It is said to live inland and to devour 

 everything that comes near it. I am unable to decide whether the 

 report of an enormous fish, the idluk, which is said to live in the 

 lakes, is altogether fabuloiis. The natives say that if they want to 

 catch the fish they build a snow house on the lake and cut a hole 

 through the ice, into which they sink the hook with a deer's ham for 



