Chapter M

Maguire, commander of ship Plover, report of, consulted 23
---- visit of, to Point Barrow, Alaska 52
---- cited on Eskimo reindeer hunting 268
---- cited on Eskimo salutations 422
Mammals of the Point Barrow region, Alaska 55-56
Mantles of Eskimo 121-122
Marker for meat cache of the Eskimo 262-263
Marline spike of the Eskimo 291-292
Marriage customs of the Eskimo 410-413
Masks of the Eskimo 365-370
Mason, Otis T., acknowledgments to 20
---- cited on Eskimo basket weaving 326
Massingberd, Francis C., quoted on the Carmelites 358
Mattocks of the Eskimo 302-304
Mauls of the Eskimo, of stone 93-97
---- of bone 97-99
---- evolution of 98-99
McClure, cited on Eskimo whale fishery 276
Medicine, Eskimo 422-423
Medicine-men of the Eskimo 422-423
Mesh sticks of the Eskimo 312-315
Minerals of the Point Barrow region, Alaska 60-61
Mittens of Eskimo 123, 125
Morality of the Point Barrow Eskimo 41
Mortuary customs of the Eskimo 423-427
Mourning, Eskimo customs of 425
Mouthpiece for Eskimo drills 179
Music of the Eskimo 385-389
Musical instruments of the Eskimo 385-388

N.

Names among Point Barrow Eskimo 42-43
Narcotics, use of, by the Point Barrow Eskimo 65-72
Necklaces, of the Eskimo 148
Needles, sewing, of the Eskimo 318-319
---- netting, of the Eskimo 312-313
Needle cases of the Eskimo 318, 320-322
Netting needles of the Eskimo 312-313
Netting tools of the Eskimo 312-315
Netting weights of the Eskimo 315-316
Nets of the Eskimo, for catching seal 251
---- for catching fish 284-286
Nomenclature of the Eskimo of Northern Alaska 42-43, 46-48
Nordenskiöld, Adolf Eric, work consulted 24
---- describes bone-crushers of Eskimo 96
---- mention of Eskimo lamplighters 106
---- cited on clothing of Eskimo 110, 122
---- cited on Eskimo labrets 148
---- cited on Eskimo harpoons 220
---- cited on Eskimo bolas 246
---- cited on Eskimo seal rattle 254
---- cited on seal catching 270
---- cited on Eskimo fishing 283, 285, 286
---- cited on fire-making by Eskimo 289
---- cited on Eskimo skin-scrapers 298
---- cited on Eskimo ice picks 304
---- describes Eskimo ice scoop 309
---- cited on Eskimo kaiaks 333
---- cited on Eskimo sledge shoes 353
---- cited on Eskimo dog harness 359, 360
---- cited on Eskimo masks 370
---- cited on Eskimo drums 385
---- cited on Eskimo drawings 410
---- quoted on character of Eskimo children 418
---- quoted on indoor habits of Eskimo 420, 421
---- cited on Eskimo burials 426
---- cited on Eskimo government 430
---- cited on Eskimo superstitions 434
---- cited on Eskimo amulets 441
Nunatañmiun, intercourse of with the Point Barrow Eskimo 44-45, 48
Nuwŭk, Alaska, location of 26
---- population of 43
---- description of 79

O.

Oars for Eskimo umiak 338-340
Oldmixon, Geo. Scott, surgeon of Point Barrow expedition 19
Ooglaamie, Alaska, name used by mistake 26
Ornaments of the Eskimo, tattooing 138-140
---- painting 140
---- earrings 142-143
---- labrets 143-145
---- necklaces 148
---- bracelets 148-149
---- finger rings 149
---- beads 149
Orthography of Eskimo words 20
Owen, L. C., cited on Eskimo whale fishery 276

P.

Paddles for Eskimo kaiaks 331-335
Painting of face by Eskimo 140
Painting of the Eskimo 390-392
Pantaloons of Eskimo 126-189
Parry, Wm. Edward, works consulted 24
---- cited on Eskimo diet 61
---- description of Eskimo lamp 106
---- cited on Eskimo frocks 115
---- cited on Eskimo knives 157, 160
---- cited on Eskimo saws 174
---- cited on Eskimo kaiaks 333
---- account of Eskimo music by 389
---- quoted on treatment of Eskimo women 413, 414
---- cited on character of Eskimo women 420
---- quoted on Eskimo burials 426
---- cited on Eskimo amulets 436, 440
Pastimes of the Eskimo 364
Petitot, E. F. J., works of, on the Eskimo 24
---- nomenclature of the Eskimo people 46-48, 51
---- description of Eskimo house by 77
---- description of Eskimo lamps by 106
---- description of Eskimo clothing by 120, 123, 129, 138
---- cited on Eskimo mode of wearing the hair 140, 141
---- cited on Eskimo labrets 143
---- cited on Eskimo sledge shoes 353
---- description of method of carrying Eskimo infants by 416
---- quoted on Eskimo amulets 440
Petroff, Ivan, work consulted 24
---- cited on Eskimo wolf-killer 259
---- cited on Eskimo burials 427
---- cited on Eskimo “chiefs” 429
Physical characteristics of Point Barrow Eskimo 33-39
Pickers for pipes, used by Point Barrow Eskimo 67
Picks and pickaxes of the Eskimo 302-304, 307-308
Pipe, extemporized, by an Eskimo 68
Pipes, description of, used by Point Barrow Eskimo 66-68, 70-71
---- Eskimo terms for 70
Plants of the Point Barrow region, Alaska 59-60
Point Barrow, Alaska, topography of region of 27-29
Plover, the visit of the, to Point Barrow, Alaska 52
Polygamy among the Eskimo 411
Population of Point Barrow Eskimo 43
Pots of the Eskimo, description of 90-92
Pouches, tobacco, description of, used by Point Barrow
Eskimo 68-69
Property rights among the Eskimo 428-430
Prostitution among the Eskimo 419-420
Psychical characteristics of the Point Barrow Eskimo 40-42

Q.

Quiver rods of the Eskimo 209
Quivers of the Eskimo 207-209

R.

Rae, John, work consulted 24
---- cited on Eskimo fire-making 290
Rainfall at Point Barrow, Alaska 31
Rain-frocks of Eskimo 122
Rat Indians of Alaska 49-50
Rattles for decoying seal 254
Rau, Charles, cited on Eskimo knives 164, 165
---- cited on Eskimo bird darts 214
Ray, P. H., commander of Fort Barrow expedition 19
---- works consulted 24
---- description of pits for trapping reindeer 268
---- description of Eskimo house, kû´dyĭgi 80
---- cited on Eskimo diet 64
---- cited on Eskimo property marks 428
---- quoted on Eskimo ghosts 432
---- cited on Eskimo tabu 434
---- description of Eskimo dance 374
Reamers, flint bladed, of Eskimo 181-182
Reindeer, Eskimo method of hunting 264-268
Religion of the Eskimo, difficulty of gaining
information concerning 430
---- rôle of the wizards or shamans in 430-131
---- tuaña, or demons, of 421-434
---- manner of driving away evil spirits 432-433
---- seal and walrus heads, superstitions concerning 434
---- sacrifices to supernatural beings 433
Resources, natural, of the Point Barrow region, Alaska 55-61
Retrieving harpoon of the Eskimo 230-231
Richardson, Sir John, works consulted 24
---- cited on Eskimo burials 426
Rink, Henrik Johan, acknowledgments to 20
---- works consulted 24, 25
---- description of Eskimo kûdyĭgi 80
---- description of Eskimo snow houses by 81
---- cited on Eskimo whale-fishing 274
---- cited on Eskimo fishing 287
---- cited on Eskimo kaiaks 332
---- quoted on property customs of the Eskimo 428, 429
---- cited on Eskimo demonology 431, 432
---- cited on Eskimo food superstitions 434
---- quoted on Eskimo amulets 435, 436, 437
Ross, John, works consulted 25
---- cited on Eskimo diet 62
Ruins of Eskimo houses near Point Barrow 79

S.

Sail of Eskimo umiak 338
Salutation among the Eskimo 422
Saws of the Eskimo 174-175
Scaffolds, for storage of property, by Point Barrow Eskimo 75-76
Schwatka, Frederick, works consulted 25
---- cited on Eskimo wolf-killer 259
---- cited on Eskimo sledge-shoes 354
Scoops, ice, of the Eskimo 308-309
Scores, hunting, of the Eskimo 361-364
Scoresby, Capt. William, work consulted 25
---- cited on Eskimo arrows 207
---- cited on Eskimo burials 426
Scrapers for dressing skins 294-300
Scratchers for decoying seal 253-254
Seal darts of the Eskimo 214-218
---- calls for decoying 253-254
---- rattles for decoying 254
---- indicators used in catching 254-255
---- stool used in catching 255
---- drags for hauling 256-259
---- methods of hunting 268-272
---- Eskimo superstition concerning skulls of 434
Sewing, Eskimo implements for 317-323
Shamans, Eskimo 422, 423, 431
Shoes of Eskimo 129-135
Shovels, snow, of the Eskimo 305
Sidaru, Eskimo village of, Alaska 44
Simpson, John, work consulted 25
---- visit to Point Barrow 52, 53
---- descriptions of Eskimo houses by 78
---- descriptions of Eskimo villages 79
---- cited on ownership of Eskimo dwellings 79
---- description of Eskimo tents 84
---- description of Eskimo of Point Barrow 33, 36, 38, 39
---- “burglar-alarm” of Eskimo described by 41
---- cited on Eskimo commerce 48
---- cited on Eskimo language 53
---- cited on use of tobacco among Eskimo 65
---- description of Eskimo tents 84
---- description of Eskimo clothing 110, 125, 128, 130, 138
---- cited on Eskimo earrings 142
---- cited on Eskimo labrets 143, 146
---- cited on Eskimo knives 157, 161
---- cited on Eskimo arrows 201
---- cited on Eskimo seal nets 252
---- cited on Eskimo whale fishery 274
---- cited on fire-making by Eskimo 289
---- cited on Eskimo needle cases 322
---- cited on Eskimo kaiaks 328
---- cited on Eskimo snowshoes 351, 352
---- cited on Eskimo festivals 376
---- description of Eskimo marriage customs 410, 413
---- cited on Eskimo divorce 412, 413
---- description of condition of Eskimo women 414
---- cited on infanticide among Eskimo 417
---- cited on Eskimo children 419
---- quoted on conduct of Eskimo women 420
---- cited on Eskimo “chiefs” 429
---- cited on Eskimo demonology 431, 433
Simpson, Thomas, work consulted 25
---- visit of, to Point Barrow 52
---- cited on use of tobacco by Eskimo 70
---- cited on Eskimo fishing 285
---- description of fire-making by Eskimo 289
---- cited on Eskimo umiak oars 339
---- quoted on Eskimo salutation 422
Sinker for Eskimo fish line 282
Skin ornamentation by Eskimo, tattooing 138-140
Skin painting 140
Skin-working, Eskimo implements for 294-301
Skulls of seals and walrus, Eskimo superstitions concerning 434
Sledges of the Eskimo 353-357
Slungshot used as Eskimo weapon 191
Smith, E. E., cited on Eskimo whale fishery 275
Smoking, methods and habits of, among Point Barrow Eskimo 69-72
Snowfall at Point Barrow, Alaska 31
Snow house of Eskimo, description of 81-83
---- fireplace of 81
---- plan of 82
---- windows of 82
---- used as storehouses 83
---- used as workshops 83
---- tools used in making 83
Snowshoes of the Eskimo 344-352
Social surroundings of the Point Barrow Eskimo 43-55
Song of the Eskimo 389
Spears of the Eskimo, for fishing 286-287
Spoons of Eskimo 104
Sports of Eskimo children 383-385
Staff, use of by the Eskimo 353
Stockings of Eskimo 129
Stool used by Eskimo in catching seal 255
Subsistence, means of, of the Point Barrow Eskimo 61-65
Surgery, Eskimo 423
Sutherland, P. C., work consulted 25
---- cited on Eskimo pathology 40

T.

Tabu among the Eskimo, concerning a woman in childbirth 415
---- on the occasion of a death 423-424
---- of certain foods to certain persons 433-434
Taρéoρment, habitat of 46-47
Tăsyûkpûñ, Great Lake, Alaska, description of 29-30
Tattooing by Eskimo 138-140
Tempering metals, Eskimo knowledge of 182-183
Tents of the Eskimo, direction of front 79
---- used as summer dwellings 83
---- construction of 84
---- used for women during confinement 86
---- used for sewing rooms 86
Thimble-boxes of the Eskimo 322-323
Thimbles of the Eskimo 318-319
Thongs, manufacture of by the Eskimo 301-302
Thread, Eskimo 317-318
Throwing-boards for Eskimo seal-darts 217-218
Tobacco, use of, by the Point Barrow Eskimo 65-73
---- Eskimo terms for 71
---- introduction of among the Eskimo 71-72
Toilet articles of the Eskimo 149-150
Tool-bags of the Eskimo 187-190
Tool-boxes of the Eskimo 185-187
Tools of the Eskimo, knives 150-165
---- adzes 165-172
---- chisels 172-173
---- whalebone shaves 173-174
---- saws 174-175
---- drills 175-182, 189
---- bow drills 176-182
---- reamers 181-182
---- awls 181-182
---- hammers 182
---- files 182
---- whetstones 185
---- for excavating 302-304
---- picks and pickaxes 302-304, 307-308
---- mattocks 302-304
---- for building 302-304
---- for snow and ice working 304-309
---- (_See also_ Utensils.)
Toys of Eskimo children, whirligigs 376-377
---- teetotums 378
---- buzzes 378
---- whizzing-sticks 379
---- pebble-snappers 379
---- dolls 380-381
---- kaiak paddler 381-383
---- imitation implements 383
Transportation, means of, by the Eskimo 328-360
Traps of the Eskimo 260
Traveling, Eskimo means of 328-360
Trays used by Eskimo 99-101
Tuaña, or demons of the Eskimo 431-434
Tubs of the Eskimo 86-88
Tunes of the Eskimo 388-389
Tupĕk. (_See_ Tents of the Eskimo.)
Turner, Lucien M., acknowledgments to 20
---- description of Eskimo lamps 108
---- cited on Eskimo records 177
---- cited on Eskimo seal darts 214
---- cited on Eskimo seal nets 252
---- cited on Eskimo kaiaks 332
---- cited on Eskimo umiaks 343
---- cited on Eskimo ornament 390
Twisters for making Eskimo bows 292-294

U.

Umiaks of the Eskimo 335-344
Umialiks, Eskimo 429-430
Utensils, household, of the Eskimo, canteens 86
---- wallets 86
---- buckets 86-88
---- tubs 86-88
---- meat bowls 89
---- pots 90-93
---- bone crushers 93-99
---- mauls 93-99
---- trays 99-101
---- drinking vessels 101-105
Utkīavwīñ, Alaska, location of 26
---- signification of name 26
---- population of 43
---- description of 79