346 W. Thalbitzer 



old name for a locality further north on the east coast than the 

 natives now known. — 



I obtained information on the earlier journeys of the Ammas- 

 salikers towards the north from Mitsuarnianga, formerly an angakok, 

 and from an old woman Teemiartissaq. The former had received 

 his recollections from his uncle Qartarpattaailin, who again his from 

 his grandfather. According to this report people had come to Am- 

 massalik in "olden times" partly from the north and partly from 

 the south : 



"New people came from the south. At Ammassalik they met 

 others who called themselves Taarajiwin. The southerners (or a part 

 of them) returned to the south and took with them some of the 

 Ammassalikers, but again came back. Later, people journeyed from 

 Ammasalik northwards and there met with others coming from the 

 north, who called themselves Гаашш^) and who were clothed in white 

 anoraks, embroidered with black patterns in the form of an e. From 

 the north these came to Ammassalik and lived there one winter, 

 then returning (or a part of them) to the north beyond Kialineq, 

 right up to Paatutwaaiwin^) and Qerneraartiwin and remained away 

 five years. Thereafter 10 of them returned, with the small children 

 who had been born in the interval. Thej»^ w^ere an old man and 

 his wife, two sons with wives, each with a child, and with a woman 

 servant. They left behind them in the north a man with two wives. 

 They remained and increased the number of the inhabitants at 

 Ammassalik." 



According to Teemiartissaq, about 40 years ago (thus about 

 1865) and in the following years 5 umiaks or umiak parties had 

 journeyed northwards without returning later. First w-ent IpitJ- 

 simaler with his wife Qaaralytjsu. Later Keersagaq with family and 

 companions followed. After these (or at the same time?) also the 

 old Nusukkaliak with his children Nooaang (woman) and Piseerajik 

 (man), and in company with them the married couple Sakkaq and 

 Amaartuat with their daughter Pikkiwartertoq, further the unmarried 

 man Tusarpoa and a daughter of the old Qilertaanalik, whose son 

 was the w^ell-known angakok Awgho {Avgo). 



Lastly (about 1882?) Taajee with family and companions went 

 away to the north and never returned; I imagine that it was this 

 party, that lived and perished in the "dead house". This party is 

 said to have consisted of the following persons: the old Taajee with 



'/ Tliis name is merely the shorter root of Taarajiwin, which is composed of 

 taa(q) "shade" and the suffix -rajiik), of uncertain meaning Cf. p. 331. 



-) This is Holms Pututerajuit, a small island at 67° 35' N. lat. Holm (188У) p. 222, 

 Amdrup (1902, PI. VI. 



