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Snow-blindness, treatment of, 171. 



Snow-huts, construction of, 59-64; inside arrangement of, 61-63; shapes of, 65-77; stability of, 

 63-64; temperature inside, 63, 70, 77; comfort of, 63; roofing of skin in, 77, 127; prevention 

 of dripping in, 63; combinations of tents and, 78; abandoned, 119. 



Soapstone, for pots and lamps, 39. 



Songs, 223-224; transmission of, 132. ' 



Sorcery, see Magic. 



Sorrel, 97. 



Soul, illness caused by loss of, 172, 174, 204; fate after death of, 177. 



Spirits, causing sickness, 68, 171-172, 178; causing lightning, 180; controlling weather, 108; 

 avenging violated taboos, 185; nature of, 186; controlling seals, 188-189; controlled by 

 shamans, 191-192, 197; flight of shamans', 198; of cat's cradles, 203; as familiars of dogs, 

 212. 



Squirrels, 15, 105; value of fur of, 102; snares for, 124, 152. 



Stars, concepticn of, 179. 



Stefansson, Mr. V., journeys of, 31; value of works of, 9; classification of groups by, 33—41; 

 estimate of population by, 42; on trade routes, 45, 53, 246-247; on earlier inhabitants, 44; 

 on manufacture of pots and lamps, 53; on manner of greeting strangers, 55; bringing together 

 of Indians and Eskimos by, 47; discovery of stone house by, 57; on double houses, 74; on 

 eating fat, 102, 103; on beliefs concerning seals, 114; on vegetable foods, 97; on archery, 

 145; on Eskimo hardships, 108; on seclusion at childbirth, 164; discovery of stone cairns 

 by, 174-175; on taboos, 183-185; on Eskimo religion, 191; on honesty of Eskimos, 236. 



Stone, manufacture of lamps of, 53-54; trading in lamps of, 44, 50; houses of, 17, 57, 58; taboo 

 on dislodging, 184; offering to, 190; magical, 211. ' 



Strangers, methods of greeting, 49, 50, 51-52, 55; rights of, 91; dances in honour of, 30, 49, 86-87, 

 92, 131-132. 



Street, T. G., murder of, 31. 



Suicide, rareness of, 233. 



Sun, beliefs concerning, 179. 



Surgery, knowledge of, 171. 



Swimming, ignorance of, 136. 



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Tables, 61. 



Taboos, on cooking, 98, 182-183; on sewing, 110, 115, 183-184, 188-189, 196; at childbirth, 



165; on use of seal-oil, 98; on driftwood, 98; miscellaneous, 184-185; imposed by shamans, 



173, 192, 205, 207; penalties for breaking, 171, 182, 185. 

 Tents, in spring, 76, 78; in summer, 59, 80-81; combinations of snow-huts and, 78; method of 



erecting, 78-79; material of, 79; fuel used in, 79; types of spring, 78-81; method of packing, 



119; of western Eskimos, 80. 

 Tent-rings, 26, 29, 45, 46, 57, 58, 81, 82. 

 Theft, 93, 177; punishment of, 94. 

 Tom-cod, 15, 17, 22; method of catching, 103, 157. 

 Topography of country, chap. i. 

 Tornrin, 58, 180. 

 Trade, chap, iv; with western Eskimos, 44; with Indians, 19, 47; with Hudson bay, 48; with 



Netsilingmiut, 50; with white men at Great Bear lake, 19; within each group, 53; routes of, 



see Routes. 

 Trapping, 58, 105, 128, 151, 240-241. 

 Travelling, by sled, 116-119. See Migrations. 



Tree river, timber on, 14, 21; route between Coppermine and, 19, 21; settlements at, 38; manu- 

 facture of lamps and pots at, 53, 54; establishment of police post at, 242. 

 Trees, northern limits of, 14, 20. 

 Tribes, see Groups. 

 Trout, abundance of, 15 et passim; method of catching, 152, 155. 



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Ugyulingmiut, 41, 42, 248. 



Ukkiosiksaligmiut, location of, 39, 245; ignorance of sealing of, 245, 248; known to Copper 



Eskimos, 50. 

 Umingmaktok, 23, 39. 

 Umingmaktomiut, 39. 

 Universe, conception of, 179-180. 



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Vegetation, character of, 14. 



Victoria island, rivers of, 14; districts on, 23; visits of western Eskimos to, 50-51. 



Villages, see Settlements. 



Villages, ancient, 46, 56, 245, 248. 



