Page 615. It may be of interest to learn that in 1885 and 1886 two instances of this kind occurred in Cumberland Sound. There was a very old woman in Qeqerten by the name of Qaχodloaping. She was well provided for by her relatives, but it seems that one of the most influential men in Qeqerten, Pakaq, whom I mentioned above (p. 668) as the executioner of a murderer, deemed it right that she should die. So, although she resisted him, he took her out of her hut one day to a hill and buried her alive under stones. Another case was that of an old woman whose health had been failing for a number of years. She lived with her son, whose wife died late in the autumn of 1886. According to the religious ideas of the Eskimo, the young man had to throw away his clothing. When, later on, his mother felt as though she could not live through the winter, she insisted upon being killed, as she did not want to compel her son to cast away a second set of clothing. At last her son complied with her request. She stripped off her outside jacket and breeches, and was conveyed on a sledge to a near island, where she was left alone to die from cold and hunger. The son who took her there did not use his own sledge nor any other Eskimo sledge for this purpose, but borrowed that of the Scottish whaling station.
Footnotes
The “foot-note on p. 616” is note 9, ending “.... The full text will be found in the Verhandlungen der Berliner Gesellschaft für Anthropologie, Ethnologie und Urgeschichte, Berlin, 1888.”
1 Baffin-Land. Geographische Ergebnisse einer in den Jahren 1883 und 1884 ausgeführten Forschungsreise. Von Dr. Franz Boas. (Ergänzungsheft No. 80 zu »Petermanns Mitteilungen«.) Gotha: 1885.
2 A glossary of Eskimo geographic terms will be found on p. 662.
3 From a rather ambiguous statement (p. 355) it would seem that Owutta belongs to the territory of the Ugjulirmiut; but in later passages ample proof is found that it is inhabited by the Netchillirmiut (pp. 423, 427). I myself was formerly misled by the above passage (Zeitschr. Gesell. Erdk., p. 171, Berlin, 1883).
4 A glossary of the Eskimo words used throughout this paper will be found on p. 659.
5 According to the Museum catalogue, the point represented in this figure is from Victoria Island, Boothia, from Hall’s collection; however, it is a typical western arrow.
6 The fork first represented in this figure is evidently broken, a series of knobs having originally formed the handle.
7 Uqsurelik, with blubber, signifies in the language of the angakut the white bear; lauk, large; -leqdjorpoq, he provides himself with.
8 Since the above was written I learn from a paper by Mr. Lucien M. Turner that a similar feast is celebrated in Ungava Bay. (American Naturalist, August, 1887.)
9 Ititaujang means “similar to the anus.” This tradition is curtailed, as some parts were considered inappropriate for this publication. The full text will be found in the Verhandlungen der Berliner Gesellschaft für Anthropologie, Ethnologie und Urgeschichte, Berlin, 1888.
10 See foot-note on p. 616.
11 The man in the moon is the protector of orphans.
12 By a mistake of the Eskimo who made the drawings, four dogs are harnessed to the sledge. According to his own explanation the dappled one ought to be the only dog.
13 See foot-note on p. 616.
14 See foot-note on p. 616.
15 The stanza is scanned thus:
rhythm of song
INDEX
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Adlet, and Qadlunait, origin of the 637
Adlet or Erqigdlit 640
Aggomiut Eskimo tribe, situation and subdivisions of 442-444
Agutit Eskimo tribe, situation of 450, 451
Aivillirmiut Eskimo tribe, situation of 445-450
Akudnirmiut Eskimo tribe, situation of 440-442
Akuliarmiut Eskimo tribe, situation of 421
American Museum of Natural History, acknowledgments to 409
figured specimens from 472, 517
Anderson and Stewart, cited 458, 459
Ardnainiq, fabulous tribe in Eskimo tradition 640
Back, cited 485
Baffin Land, description of 415, 416
distribution of tribes in 421-444
traditions of, with comparisons 641-643
Berliner Gesellschaft für Anthropologie etc., Verhandlungen der, cited 409, 616
Bessels, Emil, cited 412, 460, 486
Boothia Felix and Back River, tribes of 452-459
Collinson, cited 503
Cranz, D., cited 412, 586, 590
Cumberland Sound, description of settlements of 428-440
Davis Strait Indian tribes, snow houses of 541-544
Dease and Simpson, cited 458
Dogs and sledges of Eskimo 529-538
Eenoolooapik, cited 410, 425, 464
Egede, H., cited 412
Ellesmere Land, natives of 459, 460
Emigration of the Sagdlirmiut 616-620
Fishing, Eskimo methods of 513-516
Frobisher, M., cited 410, 469, 558
Frobisher Bay, use of, by Eskimo 423
Geography, Eskimo knowledge of 643-647
Gilder, W. H., cited 411, 456, 457, 458, 459, 466, 498, 522
Glossary of Eskimo terms 663-669
Hall, C. F., acknowledgments to 409
cited 411, 422, 432, 442, 443, 444, 445, 446, 447, 448, 449, 450, 452, 456, 457, 459, 462, 463, 464, 486, 499, 503, 509, 547, 578, 583, 589, 594, 595, 596, 601, 602, 606, 607, 608, 611, 614, 615, 639
Harpoons of Eskimo, mode of constructing 489-494
Hudson Bay, tribes of western shore of 444-452
Hudson Bay district, geographic description of 414-418
Hudson Bay Indians, snow houses of 547
Hunting, Eskimo methods of 471-513
Igdlumiut Eskimo tribe, situation of 463
Igdlungajung, fabulous tribe in Eskimo tradition 640
Igimarasugdjuqdjuaq the cannibal 633, 634
Iglulik Eskimo tribe, snow houses of 546, 547
Iglulirmiut Eskimo tribe, situation of 444
Ijirang, fabulous people in Eskimo tradition 640
Inuarudligang, fabulous tribe in Eskimo tradition 640
Inugpaqdjuqdjualung 638
Inuit race, divisions of 420
Itivimiut Eskimo tribe, situation of 463
Kadlu the thunderer 600
Kangivamiut Eskimo tribe, situation of 463
Kayak, construction of 486-489
Kingnaitmiut Eskimo tribe, situation of 424
Kinipetu or Agutit Eskimo tribe, situation of 450, 451
Kiviung 621
Kleinschmidt, Eskimo orthography of 413
Klutschak, H. W., cited 411, 448, 449, 451, 457, 458, 459, 466, 502, 509, 510, 516, 552, 553, 570, 582, 595, 596, 614, 615
Kouksoarmiut Eskimo tribe, situation of 463
Kumlien, L., acknowledgments to 409
cited 412, 471, 474, 475, 482, 483, 524, 549, 550, 567, 589, 596, 606, 607, 610
Lepsius, cited 413
Lyon, G. F., cited 410, 451, 463, 487, 497, 511, 579, 585, 586, 587, 588, 589, 590, 592, 593, 610, 612, 613, 614, 615
M’Donald, A., cited 410
M’Clintock, Captain, cited 411, 455, 456, 458
Mason, O. T., acknowledgments to 409
Mintzer, W., acknowledgments to 409
Moravian missionaries, cited 463
Museum für Völkerkunde, Berlin, acknowledgments to 409
figured specimens from 472, 473, 474, 477, 479, 480, 481, 483, 486, 487, 488, 496, 508, 513, 514, 515, 518, 519, 520, 523, 531, 532, 554, 555, 556, 557, 565, 566, 567, 568, 569, 570, 571, 576, 613, 634, 644
Music and poetry of the Eskimo 648-658
Narwhal, origin of the 625-627
National Museum, acknowledgments to 409
figured specimens from 474, 479, 480, 481, 487, 488, 489, 490, 492, 493, 494, 495, 496, 502, 503, 504, 505, 506, 507, 512, 513, 515, 516, 518, 521, 522, 523, 524, 525, 526, 530, 531, 532, 535, 539, 555, 556, 559, 560, 563, 565, 566, 576
Navigation, Eskimo proficiency in 643
Netchillirmiut Eskimo tribe, situation of 452-458
Northeastern America, geography of 414-418
North Greenlanders 460
Nourse, cited 452
Nugumiut Eskimo tribe, situation of 424
Oqomiut Eskimo tribe, situation and subdivisions of 424-440
Origin of the Adlet and the Qadlunait 637
Padlimiut Eskimo tribe, situation of 440-442
Parry, W. E., cited 410, 443, 444, 447, 451, 458, 464, 474, 475, 478, 487, 492, 494, 502, 509, 510, 517, 523, 533, 544, 545, 547, 552, 556, 557, 558, 559, 572, 574, 603, 614
Penny, cited 425
Petermanns Mitteilungen, cited 409 note
Pilingmiut Eskimo tribe, situation of 444
Poetry and music of the Eskimo 648-658
Qailertétang, fabulous people in Eskimo tradition 640
Qaumauangmiut Eskimo tribe, situation of 421, 422
Qingnamlut Eskimo tribe, situation of 424
Rae, John, cited 411, 445, 446, 448, 450, 451, 452, 455, 459, 478, 485, 510, 597
Religious ideas of the Eskimo 583-609
Rink, H., cited 411, 420, 580, 586, 587, 590, 591, 598, 599
acknowledgments to 412
Ross, J., cited 410, 451, 453, 454, 455, 456, 458, 469, 471, 478, 485, 508, 552, 553, 579
Sagdlirmiut Eskimo tribe, situation of 444
Sagdlirmiut of Southampton Island 451
Saumingmiut Eskimo tribe, situation of 424
Schwatka, F., cited 445, 457, 458, 459, 464, 465, 470
Science and the arts among the Eskimo 643-658
Seal hunting, Eskimo method of 471-501
Sedna feast 594
Sikosuilarmiut Eskimo tribe, situation of 421, 463
Singing house of Eskimo 600-602
Sinimiut Eskimo tribe, situation of 451
Sledges and boats, description of Eskimo 527-538
Smith Sound, Eskimo tribes of 459, 460
Snow houses, of Davis Strait Eskimo 541-544
of Iglulik Eskimo tribe 544
of Hudson Bay Indians 547
Social life and customs of Eskimo 574-578
Spicer, J. O., acknowledgments to 409
Sturgis, A., acknowledgments to 409
cited 491
Talirpingmiut Eskimo tribe, situation of 424
Tents of Eskimo, mode of construction of 551-553
Trade and intercourse between Eskimo tribes 462-470
Tununirmiut Eskimo tribe, situation of 442-444
Tununirusirmiut Eskimo tribe, situation of 442-444
Turner, L. M., cited 420, 462, 520, 565, 567, 608 note
Ugjulirmiut Eskimo tribe, situation of 458
Uissuit 621
fabulous people in Eskimo tradition 640
Ukusiksalirmiut Eskimo tribe, situation of 458
Ungavimiut Eskimo tribe, situation of 463
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