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THE HUDSON BAY Ei^KIMO. 



As tlie luclian is always in the vicinity of tlie herds of deer it is an 

 easy matter for him to obtain the skins when in best condition, and 



from tlie finer skins su- 

 perior garments are 

 made. The shape of the 

 Indian's coat is not so 

 well adapted to afford 

 protection as that of tlie 

 Eskimo ; hence, the white 

 men in this region invari- 

 ably adopt the clothing 

 of the latter in cold 

 weather. 



Indians eagerly accept 

 any cast off garment 

 which a white man has 

 worn, and they often 

 procnre the clothing of- 

 fered for trade. Trousers 

 are in much demand. 

 Coats are deemed great 

 prizes, especially in the 

 wet seasons when the 

 moisture would certainly 

 ruin their own clothing 

 by caiising the hair to 

 fall off or totally destroy 

 the shai^e of the tanned 



Fig. 96, — MauH winter coat (back). 



skin garments. For underclothing the Indian man uses an additional 



suit of oi'di- 

 nary clothing 

 or else dons a 

 shirt pro- 

 cured from 

 the triider. 

 Drawers are 

 rarely worn. 



Tliat the.se 

 l^eople are lit- 

 tle suscepti- 

 ble to the ef- 

 fects of cold 

 may~be. in- 

 ferred from 



Fig. 97.— Detail of ornamentation. tllC fact that 



1 have seen them come to the trading post of Fort Chimo in the mid- 



