Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of Maturin Murray Ballou

Chapter XIV

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The Alaskan's Habit of Gambling.-Extraordinary Domestic Carvings.-Silver Bracelets.-Prevailing Superstitions.-Disposal of the Dead.-The Native "Potlatch."-Cannibalism.-Ambitions of Preferment.-Human Sacrifices.-The Tribes slowly decreasing in Numbers.-Influence of the Women.-Witchcraft.-Fetich Worship.-The Native Canoes.-Eskimo Skin Boats 199

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