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Ugyulingmiut, 41, 42, 248. 



Vkkusiksaligmiut, 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. 



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. 



Vision of Eskimos, 43b. 



Walliak, location of, 18, 36. 



Walliarmiut, IS, 36. 



Water, methods of obtaining, 107. 



"Weapons, see Implements. 



Weather, beliefs concerning, 179, 180; incantation for, 187. 



Weights of Copper Eskimos, 38b. 



Weirs, for trapping salmon, 92, 155-156, 201-202. 



Whales, 46; use of bone of, 131. 



Whetstones, 21. 



White men, beliefs concerning, 50, 180; influence of, 240-242, 248-249; as familiars of shamans, 



191; trade with, see Trade. 

 Widows, fate of, 163. 

 Wilkins, Mr. G. H., discoveries of, 45-47; on population of Prince Albert sound, 41; on spearing 



of salmon, 156; on Eskimo marriage, 159; on a grave, 175-176; on shamanism, 201-202; 



on Eskimo skin colour, 39b. 

 Will, belief in projection of, 229. 



Willow, size of, 14, 21; for bedding, 61, 71; for fuel, 79 et passim; tinder from seeds of, 108. 

 Winds, prevailing, 13-14; beliefs concerning, 180. 

 Wind-breaks, 58-59, 79, 106, 128, 131; for sheltering corpse, 174. 

 Windows, of ice, 62-63, 116, 142; ignorance of gut, 63. 

 Wise point, trading-place at, 44, 51. 

 Witchcraft, 196-197. See Magic. 



Wives, status of, 162; interchange of, 74, 85-86, 238-239. 

 Wolverines, 15, 105; precautions against, 121. 

 Wolves, 15, 105; capture in pits of, 151; propitiation of, 181. 



Woman, position of, 162; work of, 87-88; ownership of property by, 88-89; as sign of peace, 65. 

 Wood, scarcity of, 14; Eskimo journeys for, 19, 48, 53; sources of, 20, 48, 56; trade in objects 



of, 50. 



