The western Esquimaux appear to be intimately connected with the
tribes inhabiting the northern and northeastern shores of America,
in language, features, manners, and customs. They at the same time,
in many respects, resemble the Tschutschi, from whom they are
probably descended. * * *
They are taller in stature than the eastern Esquimaux, their
average height being about 5 feet 7½ inches. They are also a better
looking race, if I may judge from the natives I saw in Baffin's
Bay, and from the portraits of others that have been published. At
a comparatively early age, however, they (the women in particular)
soon lose this comeliness, and old age is attended with a haggard
and careworn countenance, rendered more unbecoming by sore eyes
and by teeth worn to the gums by frequent mastication of hard
substances.