Chapter XVIII: The Creatures of the Wild 252

Appendix 265

Index 271

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

A Woman of the Fox Channel Tribe Frontispiece
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An Ancient Aboriginal Encampment 40
Part of an Eskimo Tribe of Women and Children 56
An Iglovegak or Eskimo Dwelling 64
An Eskimo Tupik 73
An Eskimo Snowhouse 76
An Eskimo Home 80
The Return of the Successful Seal Hunter in Springtime 88
Young Seal Hunting in May 92
Two Women in Summer Dress 96
A Young Wife with her Baby in her Hood 104
Eskimo Family Group 104
Models of Kayak, Umiak, and Okushuk 112
An Ancient Form of Sled 134
The Two Wives of a Hunter 144
An Eskimo Family outside their House 144
Preparing for a Long Winter Journey 160
A Native Chart 177
Asseak and his Wife 200
An Umiak or Family Boat 208
The Summer Tent or Tapik 208
A Conjuror’s Mask 211
A Kagge or Singing House (Elevation) 218
A Kagge or Singing House (Plan) 219
An Eskimo Woman of the Fox Channel Tribe 224
An Eskimo Summer Encampment 224
Specimens of Native Stone Carving 232
An Eskimo in his Kayak 240
Beginning to Build a Snowhouse 240
A Wolf Trap 255
An Eskimo Trap for Bears, Foxes or Wolves 257
A Seagull Trap 261

THE ESKIMO OF BAFFIN LAND