Part 23
HARE, Myths concerning the 263, 340 HARNESS, Dog 243 HARPOON used among northern Indians 183, 240 HAWKS, Mythic origin of 263 HEADDRESS, Nenenot 286 HEMATITE, Use of, among northern Indians 298 HOUSEHOLD articles, northern 228, 300 HOUSES of the Ungava district 167 HUDSON BAY COMPANY, Work of, in the Ungava district 167 HUDSON BAY TERRITORY, Indians of 167, 267 HUNTING among northern Indians 203, 240, 249, 276, 279, 316 ---- implements 238, 246
ICE pick, Primitive 319 ---- scoop, ---- 318 IMPLEMENTS of northern Indians 252, 317 INNUIT, Legendary origin of 261 ---- of the Ungava district 175 INTESTINES, Use of, for clothing 220 INTOXICANTS, Absence of, among the Nenenot 304 ISLANDS, Mythic origin of 264 IVORY carving among the Eskimo 260
JAY, Beliefs concerning the 273
KNIVES of northern Indians 206, 252, 317 KOKSOAGMYUT, Description of 184 KOKSOAK RIVER, Description of 170 ----, Ethnology of 167
LABOR, Division of 271 LABRADOR, Ethnology of 167 ----, Myths from 264 LADLES, Nenenot 302 LAMPS, Eskimo 229 LANGUAGE, Modification of the Eskimo 176 LARCH RIVER, Description of 171 LAW, Common, among the Eskimo 186 LEAF RIVER, Description of 171 LEGENDS of northern Indians 260, 327 LEGGINGS, Nenenot 283, 291 LICE, Eskimo myths concerning 263 LITTLE WHALE RIVER Indians, Description of 182 LODGE, Ceremonies and beliefs respecting 274 LONGEVITY among northern Indians 190, 270 LOON, Eskimo myths concerning 262 LYNX, Use of, for food 279
MAGIC, Primitive 197 MAMMALS of the Ungava district 174 MARRIAGE among northern Indians 188, 199, 270 MARROW, Extraction of 278 MARTEN, Myths concerning 338 MCLEAN, JOHN, cited on Hudson Bay territory 168 MEDICINE lodge of northern Indians 274 ----, Primitive 269, 274, 325 ----, Thaumaturgic 194 MEMENTOES among northern Indians 274 MIGRATION, Eskimo 203 MITTENS of northern Indians 219, 284, 285 MOCCASINS, Nenenot 284 MONTAGNAIS of the Ungava district 181 MOON, Beliefs concerning 265 MORTUARY CUSTOMS and beliefs 178, 191, 271 MOSQUITOES, Mythic origin of 264 MOUSE, Beliefs concerning 273 MURDOCH, JOHN, editor of paper on Ethnology of the Ungava district 167 ----, Reference to work of 238 MUSIC among northern Indians 322 MUSKRAT, Myths concerning 338 MYTHOLOGY, Primitive 261, 327 MYTHS of the Eskimo 195
NAMES, Eskimo 200 ----, Topographic, among the Eskimo 202 NASKOPIE Indians, Description of 183, 267 NAVIGATION, Eskimo 236 NEEDLE, Nenenot 310 NENENOT Indians, Description of 183, 267 NUMERALS, Use of, among the Eskimo 256
OIL, Consumption of, among the Eskimo 233 ORNAMENTATION of clothing, Nenenot 283 OTTER, Myths concerning 330 OWLS, Beliefs concerning 273
PADDLES, Nenenot 306 PAINT Sticks, Nenenot 297 ---- used among northern Indians 296 PATERNITY, Indefinite, among Indians 271 PECK, E. J., Influence of, on Indians 182 PESTLES used among northern Indians 280, 302 PIPE, Nenenot 302 POLYGAMY among northern Indians, 270 POPULATION, Eskimo 176 PORTAGE, Method of making, among northern Indians 306 PTARMIGAN, Hunting of 204 PUBERTY, Ceremonial connected with 208
QUIVERS, Eskimo 247
RABBIT, Myths concerning 334 RAVEN, Mythic origin of 262 REINDEER hunting 276, 313 ----, Myths concerning 200 ----, Uses of 276 RELIGION, Primitive 193 ----, ----, Persistence of 179
SACRIFICE, Primitive 196 SCAFFOLD burial among northern Indians 272 SCRAPERS, Nenenot 292 SEALSKIN, Use of, among northern Indians 221, 232, 292 SEA PIGEONS, Mythic origin of 262 SEASONS, Recognition of, by Indians 203 SENSE development among the Eskimo 202 SEWING, Primitive 207, 282 SHAMANISM among northern Indians 194, 273 ----, Persistence of 179 SHOES, Eskimo 217 SINEW, Extraction of 251 ----, Use of, for sewing 221 SKIN clothing, Use of 209 ---- dressing among northern Indians 205, 275, 278, 292 ---- tents, Eskimo 226 SKINNING, Peculiar method of 207 SKY, Myth concerning 266 SLEDS among northern Indians 240, 306 SMOKING among northern Indians 234, 291, 302 SMOKING deerskins 296 SNARING among northern Indians 279, 315 SNOW goggles, Eskimo 222 ---- houses, Description of 223 ---- shoe, Nenenot 308 ---- ----, Use of, among northern Indians 311 ---- shovel, Primitive 318 SNUFF, Use of, among northern Indians 234, 291, 302 SOAPSTONE, Use of, for utensils 228 SOD houses, Eskimo 228 SPEARS, Primitive 238, 314 SPIRIT, Beliefs in 194, 272, 333, 342 SPOONS, Nenenot 302, 306 SPRUCE BEER, Effect of, on the Nenenot 304 SQUIRREL, Myths concerning 328 STARS, Beliefs concerning 266 STATURE of the Eskimo 177, 184 STONE houses, Eskimo 228 STORIES of northern Indians 260, 327 STRENGTH, Physical, of the Eskimo 268 SUICIDE among the Eskimo 186 SUN, Beliefs concerning 266 SUPERSTITION among northern Indians 179, 272 SWALLOW, Myths concerning 263 SWEAT houses, Nenenot 300 SWIMMING board, Nenenot 320
TALISMAN, Eskimo 197 TANNING, Primitive 294 TARGETS, Nenenot 326 TATTOOING, Eskimo 207 TEAMS, Dog 241 TENTS of northern Indians 226, 273, 298 THROWINGSTICKS, Eskimo 239 TIDES in the Ungava district 170 TOBACCO, Use of, among northern Indians 234, 291, 302 TOBOGGANS, Nenenot 307 TOPOGRAPHY of the Ungava district 168 TOYS, Nenenot 326 TRADING among northern Indians 275 TRANSPORTATION among northern Indians 304 TRAPPING among northern Indians 204, 280 TROPHIES among northern Indians 274 TURNER, LUCIEN M., Memoir by, on ethnology of the Ungava district 167
UNGAVA BAY, Description of 171 ----, Ethnology of 167 UNGAVA DISTRICT 267 UTENSILS, Cooking, among northern Indians 228, 300
VEGETATION of the Ungava district 169, 173 VENISON, Preservation of 277 VIABILITY among northern Indians 269 VIOLIN, Eskimo 259
WEAPONS of northern Indians 246, 312 WHALE fishing, Indian 174, 203, 247, 314 WHIP, Eskimo dog 244 WHITE people, Legends concerning 261 WIND, Beliefs concerning 267 WOLF, Myths concerning 263, 330 WOLVERINE, ---- 327, 333, 345 ----, Trapping of 281 WOMEN, Condition of Indian 269, 320 ----, Myths concerning 264 WRESTLING, Indian 321
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_Errors and Inconsistencies_
Names and words in indigenous languages may be written as separate syllables (Sû hi´ n[)i] myut), in hyphenated form (Sû-h[)i]-n[)i]-myut), or as unified words (Sûh[)i]n[)i]myut)--sometimes within the same paragraph. These forms have not been regularized.
Inconsistent formatting of figure captions, with or without dash, and inconsistent casing of Index entries, is unchanged.
"They [the Nenenot] assert that their original home was in a country to the west [of the Ungava peninsula], north of an immense river, and toward the east lay an enormous body of salt water. The former was supposed to be the St. Lawrence river and the latter to be Hudson bay."
This passage is obviously wrong but has been left unchanged rather than guess at the author's intent.
Variant spellings (in English):
wolverine : wolverene _spelling changes partway through the article, with almost no overlap; the Table of Contents generally does not match the main text_ spirt _used consistently_ carcases (plural) _more common that "carcasses"_ Innuit _always written with double nn_
Typographical Errors
List of Illustrations
Figs. 107, 145 [_missing text is not an error: these Figures have no caption_] 31. Eskimo man's deerskin coat (back) 211 [311]
Main Text
The current is sluggish at the upper end [is / is _at line break_] quite small and scarcely capable of being ascended [scarely] to keep the Indian in wholsome dread [_spelling unchanged_] plural of innuk, "a person" [innuls] [_this is probably a transcription error: script "k" misread as "ls"_] less than a dozen individuals journey to Fort Chimo [indiviuals] during a period of great scarcity of food [or food] and after trial are cast off [_printing error: "ft" in "after" invisible_] When the father becomes superannuated [superanuated] CHILDREN. [_printing error: "CHIL" invisible_] If death result from natural causes [_text unchanged: may be intentional (subjunctive)_] no amount of slaughter can really decrease the numbers [realy] women acquire a wondrous dexterity [wonderous (_spelling "wondrous" occurs elsewhere_)] Wooden baskets are made in a similar fashion. A strip of spruce wood is bent nearly circular. [simiilar] [_reading conjectural: text reads "fashion / strip of" at line break without empty spaces_] FOOD AND ITS PREPARATION. [_final . missing_] the oomiak, from its flat bottom [_text unchanged: spelled "umiak" everywhere else_] a dish-shaped piece of reindeer horn [reinder] the other end of the piece may be of a different design [diferent] the slovenly wife and what befel her. [_spelling unchanged_] without much deliberation and repeated consultation [delibation] both sexes come to the post of Fort Chimo to trade [Chino] A species of gad fly [_spaced as shown_] the tops of the better class of footwear [betterclass] needles are used for the different kinds of netting [_text has "dif-/erent" at line break_] fastened by a whipping of sinew [fastended] drum beaten in rhythm to the monotonous chant [rythm] I am not aware that wagers are laid upon its issue. [wages] lest the blows cause it to split under the strain [blows, cause]
[Figure Captions]
FIG. 111.-- FIG. 129.-- FIG. 132.-- [_all missing . after number_]
[Missing quotation marks in Nenenot Folklore section:]
... do not open them until we are done dancing." "I am playing with the ashes. ... and he will not know where I am."
_Vocabulary_
For comparison purposes, here are some words from the "Koksoagmyut" section of the article, along with the forms used in modern dictionaries (Spalding, based in Aivilik, and Schneider, based partly in Ungava).
myut "literally 'those that dwell at or in'": suffix _miut_, plural of _miuq_
--from description of shaman doll agówak (part of shaman's belt): _arnguaq_ (charm, amulet) [)i]nug´-wak, e´nog ang´, inugwak (doll, little man): _inunnguaq_: _inuk_ with suffix _nnguaq_ (something that resembles X; a toy X) kak-cung´-unt "belt of polar-bear skin (kak-cung´-unt)": [[It is unclear whether this word--which is linguistically impossible--is intended for the belt or the skin. The word _kauk_ means the skin of a walrus, or any other thick-skinned animal.]] tu-a´-vi-tok "hastener": verb root _tuavik-_ tung ak; tung wa´gn "the great spirit": _tuurngaq_ (spirit, ghost)
--from description of "dominoes" game [[The two occurrences of ï in this paragraph may be errors for [)i] (short i).]] Á ma zu´ a lát (name of game) _amisuralaaq_ "ka miú tik (sled)" _qamutiik_ (literally a pair of sled runners, _qamut_) "kaiak (canoe), kalé sak (navel), á ma zut (many)" _qajaq_, _qalaasiq_, _amisut_ "a taú sïk (1), má kok (2), pïng a sut (3), si tá mût (4), and tá li mat (5)" _atausi_, _marruuk_, _pingasut_, _sitamat_, _tallimat_
--others (in alphabetical order) á va tuk "large sealskin float": _avatuq_ iglugiak, ig lú ge ak, iglu gheak (snow house): may be _igluvigaq_ (snow house, esp. an abandoned snow house) iti´vûk "the other, farther, distant side (of a portion of land)": _itivik_ ka sig yak "harbor seal": _qasigiaq_ (ranger or freshwater seal) ki l[)i]n´[)i]k "cut, incised": verb root _kiliq-_ ki´g[)i]ktag´myut "island people": _qikiqtaq_ ku-mé-u-tîk "that which removes lice": based on _kumak_ (louse) nakvak "meaning 'found'": verb root _nagvaaq-_ (to find by accident) ohak "often pronounced Okak": _uqaq_ p[)u]n[)u]k "An instrument termed snowknife": _pana_ pu-ghu´-tak (dish for oil or food): _puugutaq_ sû hi´ nûk (the sun): _siqiniq_ tass´iyak "like a lake": based on _tasiq_ (lake) tá hak (shadow): _taqaq_