270 Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913-18 



Boas, on Hudson bay Eskimos, 33; on Ukkusiksaligmiut, 39; on stone huts, 58. 



Boats, skin, 46. See Kayaks. 



Bolas, 145. 



Borrowing, 89. 



Bows, disappearance of, 248. See Archery. 



Burial, method of, 174^176. 



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Caches, discoveries of Eskimo, 16, 17, 18, 29, 30, 82; Eskimo respect for, 30, 90; positions of, 

 121-122; in south-west Victoria island, 128, 133, 175; recovery in autumn of, 110, 125, 

 141, 142. 



Cairns, of stone, 29, 174-175. 



Cambridge bay, good fishing-site at, 30; gathering-place of Eskimos at, 246. 



Camp-sites, old, prevalence of, 81-82; around Great Bear lake, 21; on Victoria island, 26, 174; 

 on Banks island, 45-46; along the coast west of Coronation gulf, 28. 



Cannibalism, 42, 108. 



Cape Bathuist, connection with Banks island of, 45—47. 



Cape Bexley, camping-place of Eskimos at, 15, 33; not a trading rendezvous, 34. 



Cape Hamilton, rendezvous at, 50. 



Cape Kendall, on Victoria island, wintering place: of Captain Klengenberg, 31; of Captain 

 Bernard, 31. 



Cape Kellet, base of expedition at, 41, 45; ruined settlement at, 46-47. 



Cape Krusenstern, stone house near, 8; old village near, 245-246. 



Cape Lyon, ruins at, 56. 



Cape Wollaston, cache at, 121. 



Caribou, abundance of, 15 et passim, diminution of, 244, 249; routes of migration of, 17; methods 

 of hunting, 47, 101, chap, x passim, chap, xi; methods of butchering, 102-103; drives for, 

 124, 136-137, 148-149; use of fat for fuel, 48, 101, 248; boiling down fat of, 139; value of 

 fat of, 102, 138; skins used as bedding, 61; moss in stomach of, 97; wanderings of Eskimos 

 in search of, 124r-125; neglect in spring of, 123; taboos on meat of, 182; tents of caribou 

 skin, see Tents. 



Cat's cradles, 184, 218; spirit of, 203. 



Celibacy, Eskimo attitude towards, 158. 



Chantry island, ruins on, 56; gathering-place of Noahognirmiut at, 35, 110; caches on, 121. 



Charms, to cure sickness, 172; for children, 169. 



Chiefs, absence of, 93. 



Childbirth, 164^165. 



Children, treatment of, 165-169; status of, 91; status of adopted, 84, 91; number in family of, 

 163-164; increase in number of, 249; exposure of, 166-167; naming of, 167,239; temperaments 

 of, 234; intelligence of, 231; pastimes of, 170, 218-220. 



Chipman, Mr. K. G., description of Coppermine country by, 18-21; journey to Great Bear 

 lake of, 31, 125,' meets Tree river Eskimos, 47. 



Clairvoyance, belief in, 229; claimed by shamans, 200. 



Cleanliness, lack of, 106, 238. 



Climate, 13-14. 



Clothing, 30, 109, 142, 175, 237; spring drying of, 119, 127; inside snow hut, 62; at dances, 224; 

 on migrations, 117; children's, 169. 



Cloudberry, neglect of, 97. 



Coast, character of, 14. 



Colhnson, explorations of, 30; on natives of Cambridge bay, 40; meets Prince Albert sound 

 Eskimos, 30, 41; on Eskimo archery, 145; on peacefulness of Eskimos, 235. 



Colville hills, 24-25; wanderings of Puivlirmiut in, 129-142. 



Cooking, methods of, 98, 105-106; slowness of methods of, 98; as woman's work, 88; taboos 

 in regard to, 98, 182-183. 



Copper, Eskimo sources of, 19, 21, 41, 52; as trade commodity, 44; preferred to iron for ice- 

 chisel, 153; disappearance of implements of, 249; appropriateness to Eskimos around Corona- 

 tion guK of title, 42. 



Copperrnine river, timber on, 14, 20; gathering of Eskimos at mouth of, 19; routes up, 19-21. 



Coronation gult, description of coasts of, 17-27; confusion of groups in, 32, 37; visits to Dolphin 

 and Union strait of natives of, 8, 36, si passim. 



Cosniology, 179-180, 189, 196. 



Cousins, marriage of, 84. 



Cox, Mr. J. R., portage by, 15; description of country by, 17-18, 21-22. 



Crime, punishment of, 94-96. 



Crowberry, as food, 97. 



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Dance-house, construction of, 69, 71, 112, 131; location of, 77. 



Dancing, 131-132, 222-227; taboo concerning, 184; dancing-associates, 86-87, 225. 



Deadfalls, for foxes, 151. 



Dease and Simpson, journeys of, 29; discovery of skeletons by, 39; on Eskimo oblations, 178. 



