70c Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913-18 



B 



Bernard harbour, base of expedition at, 7 et passim; excellence as wintering -place, 16; gathering 

 of Eskimos at, 8, 36, 37. 



Beuchat, Henri, fate of, 7. 



Beverages, 106-107. 



Bibliography, 250 ; osteology , 58c; dentition, 66c. 



Big Stick island, timber at, 20. 



Birds, kinds of, 15; unimportance to Eskimos of, 15, 105; use of skins of, 105; manner of cooking, 

 105; methods of catching, 124, 135, 152; return in spring of, 121; beliefs concerning, 180, 

 181; as familiars of shamans, 192. 



Black, Dr. G. V., method of teeth measurements, 59c. 



Blood-feud, duty of kinsmen in, 86, 95. 



Bloody fall, massacre at, 28; salmon-fishing at, 123. 



Blubber, storing of, 101, 119, 121, 128; used as fuel, 48, 98, 247; as food, 100; blubber- 

 pounders, 29. 



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

 of 47b, et passim; on effect of European admixture, 61b; on effect of Indian admixture, 65b. 



Boats, skin, 46. See Kayaks. 



Bolas, 145. 



Bones from Franklin District, pp. 6c to 10c. 



Bones from Mackenzie District, pp. 10c to 15c. 



Bones from Alaska District, pp. 15c to 38c. 



Borrowing, 89. 



Bows, disappearance of, 248. See Archery. 



BreaJili-height index 43c. 



Bregma height index, 47c. 



Brcgma-inion chord, 49c. 



Bregma-lambda chord, 49c. 



Bregmatic Angle, 47c. 



Brierley and Parsons, on abnormal size of pterygoid plates, 39c. 



Bruce, Inspector W. V., assistance of, 46b. 



Burial, method of, 174-176. 



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. 



Cameron, Dr. John, report on Eskimo osteology, 3c et seq.; new craniometric method, 50c 



Campbell, Clarence G., assistance in calculations, 57c. 



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 Bathurst, 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 KeDet, 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 WoUaston, 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, 124-125; neglect in spring of, 123; taboos on meat of, 182; tents of caribou 

 skin, see Tents. 



Caries, absence of among Eskimos, 64c. 



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



Celibacy, E.skimo attitude towards, 158. 



Cephalic index, 54b et seq.; 420, 43c. 



Cephalic measurements, 5.3b et seq.; effect of Indian admixture on, 55b, 65b. 



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



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



Cheeks, prominence of,4lB. 



Chiefs, absence of, 93. 



Childbirth, 164-165. 



