CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER XXIV. 



THE TCHUKTCHI. 



The Land of the Tchuktchi.— Their independent Spirit and commercial Enterprise.— Perpetual Migra- 

 tions. — The Fair of Ostrownoje. — Visit in a Tchuktch Polog. — Races. — Tchuktch Bayaderes. — 

 The Tennygk, or Reindeer Tchuktchi. — The Onkilon, or Sedentary Tchuktchi. — Their Mode of 

 Life Page 262 



CHAPTER XXV. 



BERING SEA — THE RUSSIAN FUR COMPANY — THE ALEUTS. 



Bering Sea, — Unalaska. — The Pribilow Islands. — St. Matthew.— St. Laurence.— Bering's Straits.— The 

 Russian Fur Company.— The Aleuts. — Their Character.— Their Skill and Intrepidity in hunting the 

 Sea-otter.— The Sea-bear.— Whale-chasing.— Walrus-slaughter.-The Sea-lion 268 



CHAPTER XXVL 



ALASKA. 



Purchase of Alaska by the United States. — The Russian American Telegraph Scheme.— Whymper's 

 Trip up the Yukon. — Dogs. — The Start. — Extempore Water-filter. — Snow-shoes. — The Frozen Yu- 

 kon.— Under-ground Houses. — Life at Nulato.— Cold Weather. — Auroras. — Approach of Summer. 

 — Breaking-up of the See. — Fort Yukon. — Furs.— Descent of the Yukon.— Value of Goods. — Arctic 

 and Tropical Life. — Moose-hunting.— Deer-corrals.— Lip Ornaments. — Canoes.— Four-post Coffin. 

 — The Kenaian Indians. — The Aleuts. — Value of Alaska 277 



CHAPTER XXVII. 



THE ESQUIMAUX. 



Their wide Extension. — Climate of the Regions they inhabit. — Their physical Appearance. — Their 

 Dress.— Snow Huts. — The Kayak, or the Baidar. — Hunting Apparatus and Weapons. — Enmity be- 

 tween the Esquimaux and the Red Indian. — The " Bloody Falls." — Chase of the Reindeer. — Bird- 

 catching. — Whale-hunting. — Various Stratagems employed to catch the Seal. — The " Keep-kuttuk." 

 — Bear-hunting. — Walrus-hunting. — Awaklok and Myouk. — The Esquimaux Dog. — Games and 

 Sports. — Angekoks. — Moi-al Character. — Self-reliance. — Intelligence. — Iligliuk. — Commercial Ea- 

 gerness of the Esquimaux. — Their Voracity. — Seasons of Distress 290 



CHAPTER XXVIIL 



THE FUR-TRADE OF THE HUDSON'S BAY TERRITORIES. 



The Coureur des Bois. — The Voyageur. — The Birch-bark Canoe.— The Canadian Fur-trade in the last 

 Century. — The Hudson's Bay Company. — Blood}^ Feuds between the North-west Company of Can- 

 ada and the Hudson's Bay Company. — Their Amalgamation into a new Company in 1821. — Recon- 

 struction of the Hudson's Bay Company in 1863. — Forts or Houses. — The Attihawmeg. — Influence 

 of the Company on its savage Dependents. — The Black Bear, or Baribal. — The Brown Bear. — The 

 Grizzly Bear. — The Raccoon. — The American Glutton. — The Pine Marten. — The Pekan, or 

 Wood-shock.— The Chinga. — The Mink. — The Canadian Fish-otter. — The Crossed Fox.— The 

 Black or Silvery Fox. — The Canadian Lynx, or Pishu. — The Ice-h ire. — The Beaver. — The 

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CHAPTER XXIX. 



THE CREE INDIANS, OR EYTHINYUWUK. 



The various Tribes of the Crees. — Their Conquests and subsequent Defeat. — Their Wars with the Black- 

 feet. — Their Character. — Tattooing. — Their Dress. — Fondness for their Children. — The Cree Cradle. — 

 Vapor Baths. — Games. — Their religious Ideas. — The Cree Tartarus and Elysium 319 



CHAPTER XXX. 



THETINNEINDIANS. 



The various Tribes of the Tinne Indians.— The Dog-ribs.— Clothing. — The Hare Indians.— Degraded 

 State of the Women.— Practical Socialists.— Character.— Cruelty to the Aged and Infirm 327 



