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cheeks, and forehead. These marks are said to be made 

 by running under the skin a needle to which is attached 

 a thread of sinew which has been blackened by charcoal. 

 All these Eskimo were dressed in clothing of reindeer 

 skin. The parkas or shirts worn by the men usually 

 have a collar of bear or wolf fur and are short, ending 

 about at the waist. The women's parkas are long, usually 

 hanging down to the knees. The men wear leggings, more 



ESKIMO WOMEN, PLOVER BAY. 



or less tight fitting, and reaching to the knee. The women 

 wear extremely large and baggy knickerbockers. Both 

 sexes use the common sealskin mukluks or boots, which 

 reach to the knees. The children of either sex dress like 

 the adults. 



These Eskimo live altogether on flesh, hair seal, wal- 

 rus, whales, and ducks furnishing them their chief support. 



About a mile from the village, under the high bluff 

 which seems too steep to be climbed by man, is the vil- 

 lage burying ground. Soon after dissolution the dead 

 are carried to the gravelly beach at the foot of this bluff, 

 where, dressed in their ordinary clothing, they are laid 



