Index 77c 



B 



Radford, H. V., murder of, 31 ; avoidance of death-place of, 174. 



Radio-humeral index, 57c. 



Rae, explorations of, 29-30; on honesty of Eskimos, 30, 235-236. 



Rae river, description of, 18; immigrations to, 44; Eskimos of, 29, 36. 



Rainbow, belief concerning, 179, 180. 



Rasmussen, on Eskimo noses, 44b. 



Ray, measurements of, 47b, 50b. 



Reincarnation, no belief in, 168, 177. 



Reindeer moss, as food, 97-98. 



Relationship, terins of, 83-84; strength of ties of, 85, 86; special types of, 86-87. 



ReUgion, chaps, xiv, xv, xvi; stunting of intellectual growth by, 224. 



Remains, between Cape Parry and Coronation gulf, 28-29. See Ruins. 



Richardson, explorations of, 28-29; discoveries of, 44; on Eskimo hunting, 148. 



Ritchie, Dr. Stephen G., report on dentition, 57c, 59c, et seq. 



Rifles, effect of introduction of, 89, 96, 101, 104, 119, 144; eagerness of Eskimos to acquire, 241; 



trading in, 48; superseding of bows by, 248. 

 Roscoe river, ruins near, 56. 

 Routes of tradej along coast to west, 44; via Banks island, 46-47; to Great Bear lake, 19-21, 



47; to Akilinnik river, 48-49, 53, 246-247; along coast to east, 50; from Prince Albert sound, 

 _ 50-53, 246-247. 

 Ruins, at Barter island, 7; on Banks island, 45-47; between Cape Lyon and Cape Krusenstem, 



56, 246; in Coronation gulf, 246; on Victoria island, 50-51, 246. 



Salivary calculus, rarity, 64c. 



Sahnon, migration of, 15, 16 et passim; spearing of, 123, 201-202; weirs for, 92, 103, 155-156 



201-202. 

 Scapula, 56c. 



Schwatka, on contact with Coronation gulf, 41. 

 Sculping, spearing of, 103, 141. 

 Seals, abundance of, 15 et passim; varieties of, 17; shooting of bearded, 112, 119-120, 141; 



propitiation of, 114, 178, 181; taboos regarding, 182-183; eating of meat of, 100 et passim 



eating of skin of, 100, 107; mythical, 180. 

 Sealing, with harpoon, 112-114; commencement of season for. 111; seahng-grounds, 17, 26; 



part of sexes in, 88. 

 Stances, 188, 189, 191, 193-217, chap, x passim. 

 Seasons, 13-14. 



Secondary dentine, formation of, 64c. 



Settlements, nature of winter, 76; relationship of inhabitants in, 86; ancient, 46, 56, 245, 248. 

 Sewing, as woman's work, 88; in autumn, 142; taboos on, 110, 115, 183-184, 188-189, 196. 

 Sexes, proportion of, 42; division of labour between, 87-88, 158; differences in clothing of, 109. 

 Shades, 178, 186-187; conception of, 178; causing bad weather, 180, 214; causing illness, 171- 



172, 204, 213-216; vengeance of, 177, 185; propitiation of, 178, 181; controlled by shamans, 



191, 207; fate after death of, 177; animals, 181. 

 Shamans, 191-217; sfences of, see Stances; acquisition of power by, 92, 191-192; status of, 



93-94, 194-196; property rights of, 92; employed in sickness, 92, 171-173, 178, 213, 214-216; 



taboos imposed by, 185; contest with spirits of, 187, 192-193; spirits controlled by, 191; 



wind controlled by, 180; transformations of, 191, 193-194; miracles of, 197-202; oracles of, 



209-211; genaineness of, 194, 196, 216-217. 

 Shelters, 58, 131, 134; for hunting, 27, 46, 128, 141. See Wind-breaks. 

 Sickness, treatment of, 171-173, 198. 

 Signals in hunting, 136, 147-148. 

 Simpson, 44. <See Dease and Simpson. 

 Simpson, on Eskimo hair, 39b. 

 Skin, colour of, 39b. 

 Skins, drying of, 119, 139. 



Skulls, Eskimo, in Royal College of Surgeons Museimi, 39c, 42c, 43c, 49c. 

 Sleds, travelling with, 116-119; loading of, 116-117; caching of, 123, 130; hunting on, 147; 



ice on runners of, 52, 116, 118-119, 127, 129; whale bone runners of, 131; mud shoeing of, 



116, 130, 141, 142; improvised, 130, 140. 

 Sleeping platform, construction of, 61; arrangement of family on, 72-73, 86. 

 Slings, 145. 



Snares, for birds, 135, 152; for squirrels, 124, 152. 

 Snow-blindness, treatment of, 171. , 



Snow-goggles, 44b. 

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



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



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



