Index 271 



Death, unconsciousness regarded as, 173; belief in existence after, 177; caused by malignant 



spirits, 178. 

 Deerskins, see Caribou. 



Diseases, 39, 42, 68; epidemics of, 37, 39; introduced by Europeans, 43, 245, 249. See Sickness. 

 Dismal lake, visits of Eskimos to, 19, 30. 



Districts, Eskimo names for, 15-26; love of Eskimos for home, 32, 33. 

 Divination by lifting, 196, 211-217. 

 Divisions of country, see Districts. 

 Division of labour, 87-88. 



Divorce, 160-161; disposal of property at, 89, 160. 

 Dogs, number of, 89; ownership of, 89; treatment of, 115, 117, 133, 239-240; food of, 106, 133, 



240; names of, 167, 239; massage of, 165; death foreboded by barking of, 132, 212. 

 Dolphin and Union strait, base of expedition in, 31; visits of western Eskimos to, 44; connection 



with Prince Albert sound of, 50-52; movements of natives of, 120; cooking taboo in, 98. 

 Douglas, G. M. and L. D., journey of, 31; on honesty of Eskimos, 236. 

 Dreams, significance of shamans', 200. 



Driftwood, scarcity of, 14, 56; absence in Netsilik of, 60; utilization of, 138, 139; taboo on use of, 98. 

 Drums, 222-223; ownership of, 92. 

 Drying-racks for clothing, 62. 

 Ducks, 105, 133. 



Duke of York archipelago, settlement at, 32, 37, 65; old houses at, 246. 

 Dwarfs, legends concerning, 58, 180. 

 Dwellings, chaps, v, vi; lack of wood for, 56; of wood and sod, 23, 44, 50-51, 56, 245, 248; of 



stone, 17, 57; of snow, see Snow-huts; of skin, see Tents; with frames of whale bones, 46; 



early spring, 120. 



E 

 Eclipses, belief concerning, 179. 

 Eggs, dislike of, 105. 



Ekaluktok, location of, 23; Ekaluktok river, 53, 245, 246. 

 Ekaluktomiut, location of, 4Q-41, 246; numbers of, 40; speech of, 42; intercourse with Kangh- 



iryuarmiut of, 53, 246-247; intercourse with other groups of, 116; journey to Akilinnik of. 



48, 247. 

 Eleneremiut, location of, 245, 248. 

 Ellice river, route to Akilinnik along, 48, 247. 

 Environment, influence of, 143-144, 228-229. 



Eriophorum seeds, used for lamp-wicks, 108; gathering of, 140, 141. 

 Eskimos, psychology and morality* of Copper, chap, xviii; intellectual inertia of, 229; mechanical 



skill of, 231 ; sense of humour of, 234; peacefulness of, 235; honesty of, 235-236; endurance of, 



135, 235; patience of, 147, 235; fatalism of, 171, 190; uncleanliness of, 106, 238; sexual 



morality of, 239-240; attitude towards white men of, 241-242; dislike of restraint of, 93-94; 



economic independence of, 89; skill in stalking game of, 146; limits westward of, 29; contact 



with western Eskimos of, 28-29, 44r-47, 50-51. 

 Explorations, chap, ii, 243-245. 

 Extinction of Haneragmiut, 34. 



F 

 Family, structure of, 83-86; property owned by, 90-91; average size of, 163-164; sleeping plactS 



of members of, 72-73, 85. 

 Famines, 41-42, 107-108, 344, 



Fat, of birds, 105, 133; of bears, caribou, see Bears, Caribou. 

 Fetishes, 197. 



Fire, methods of making, 108-109. 

 Fish, abundance of, 15 et passim; kinds of, 15, 103; importance for food supply of, 15, 98; spearing 



of, 18, 103, 135, 140, 156-157, 201-202; method of drying, 103, 104-105; cooking of, 104-105; 



taboos concerning, 183. 

 Fishing, interchange of hunting and, 101; methods of, 103, 123, 152-157, et passim; gear for, 



103, 152-153; division of labour in, 88; taboos in regard to, 157, 183-184. 

 Fish-net, ignorance of, 101, 152; introduction of, 101, 242. 

 Flipper-associates, 87. 



Fogs, in spring, 14, 133; method of dispelling, 187-188. 

 Food, chap, viii; vegetable foods, 97; principal articles of, 105; eating of uncooked, 98; of dogs, 



see Dogs; ownership of, 90; gifts of, 55, 90, 112, 115; taboos on, 192; disbandment through 



scarcity of, 133. 

 Foot-gear, 119, 121, 139, 184. 

 Foot-pads of sealers, 113. 

 Fort Providence, route" to, 28. 



Foxes, abundance of, 16; trapping of, 58, 105, 128, 151, 240-241; deadfalls for, 151. 

 Franklin, Sir John, voyages of, 28. 

 Friendship, methods of establishing, 87. 

 Fuel, 79, 98-99, 101, 130, 133, 136, 247; scarcity of, 131; gathering of, 88, 131, 138, 141; taboos 



on driftwood for, 98, 183. 

 Furniture, 61-62. 115-116. 



