Index 71c 



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; temper- 

 aments 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. 



ColUnson, 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. 



Collinson, on Eskimo features, 44b. 



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



Condition of the dentitions, 59c 



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 

 Coronation gulf of title, 42. 



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



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

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



Cosmology, 179-180, 189, 196. 



Cousins, marriage of, 84. 



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



Crania, comparison of Eskimo with other races, 39c to 51c. 



Crania, general description of the, 39c. 



Cranial breadth, the maximum, 42c . 



Cranial capacity, 42c . 



Cranial chords, 48c. 



Cranial height index, 43c. 



Cranial length, 42c. 



Creighton, Howard A., assistance in calculations, 57c. 



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. 



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



spirits, 178. 

 Deerskins, see Caribou. 

 Deniker, on Eskimo stature, 56c. 



Dental arches, form of, 59c, measurements of, 66c, symmetry of, 59c. 

 Dentition of the Western and Central Eskimos, 59c. 

 Depilation, 41b. 



Development, period of full, 49b. 

 Diseases, 39, 42, 68, 15c; 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. 

 Dixon, A. F., on cranial grooves, 40c. 

 Dogs, number of, 89; ownership of, 89; treatment of, 115, 117, 133, 239-240; food of, 105, 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 

 Dreams, significance of shamans', 200. 

 Driftwood, scarcity of, 14, 56; absence in Netsilik of, 50; utilization of, 138, 139; taboo on use 



of, 98. 

 Drums, 222-223; ownership of, 92. 



