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Introduction 167
Fort Chimo and the surrounding region 167
Climate 172
Auroras 173
Vegetation 173
Animal life 174
Mammals 174
Birds 175
The native inhabitants of the country--general sketch 175
The Eskimo 175
The Indians 181
Special account of the people around Fort Chimo 184
The Koksoagmyut 184
Physical characteristics 184
Diseases 187
Marriage 188
Children 190
Burial customs 191
Religion 193
Outdoor life 202
Tattooing 207
Clothing 208
Dwellings 223
Household articles 228
Food and its preparation 232
Tobacco and snuff 234
Means of transportation 235
By water 235
On land 240
Weapons and other hunting implements 246
Hunting 249
Miscellaneous implements 252
Amusements 254
Art 259
Story-telling and folklore 260
Origin of the Innuit 261
The coming of the white people 261
Origin of living things on the earth and in the water 261
Origin of the guillemots 262
Origin of the raven 262
Origin of the quadrangular spots on the loon's back 262
Origin of the gulls 263
Origin of the hawks 263
Origin of the swallow 263
The hare 263
The wolf 263
Lice 263
Origin of mosquitoes 264
Story of the man and his fox wife 264
The rivals 264
The jealous man 264
Story of the orphan boy 265
The origin of the sun, moon, and stars 266
Auroras 266
The sky 266
The winds 267
The Nenenot or "Naskopie" 267
Principal characteristics 267
Clothing 281
Preparation of the skins for clothing 292
Dwellings 298
Sweat houses 300
Household utensils, etc. 300
Tobacco and pipes 302
Means of transportation 304
By water 304
By land 308
Weapons 312
Hunting 316
Miscellaneous implements, tools, etc. 317
Amusements 320
Festivals 322
Folklore 327
Story of the wolverine and the brant 327
Story of the wolverine 327
The deer and the squirrel 328
The young man who went to live with the deer 328
The wolf's daughter going to seek her lover 330
The devil punishing a liar 333
A wolverine destroys his sister 333
The rabbit and the frog 334
The wolverine and the rock 336
Creation of people by the wolverine and the muskrat 338
Origin of the whitish spot on the throat of the marten 338
The Indian and his beaver wife 339
The venturesome hare 340
The spirit guiding a child left by its parents 342
Fate of two Indian men 343
The starving wolverine 345
The starving Indians 349