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Among unknown Eskimo

Among unknown Eskimo

by Julian W. Bilby

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Author
Bilby, Julian W., 1871-1932
Title
Among unknown Eskimo An account of twelve years intimate relations with the primitive Eskimo of ice-bound Baffin Land, with a description of their ways of living, hunting customs & beliefs
Original Publication
United States: J. B. Lippincott Company,1923.
Credits
Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net/ for Project Gutenberg (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries)
Language
English
LoC Class
E011: History: America: America
Subject
Baffin Island (Nunavut)
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 68177
Release Date
May 26, 2022
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Untitled
  2. 2.PREFACE
  3. 3.CONTENTS.
  4. 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
  5. 5.ERRATA.
  6. 6.The Voyage to the Arctics
  7. 7.Baffin Land
  8. 8.Arctic Flora and Fauna
  9. 9.The Eskimo
  10. 10.The Building of the Village
  11. 11.The Sealing Grounds
  12. 12.Womanhood in the Arctics.
  13. 13.Clothing—Boat Building
  14. 14.Eskimo Dogs
  15. 15.Tribal Life
  16. 16.Tribal Life—Continued
  17. 17.The Eskimo Language
  18. 18.Legends
  19. 19.The Conjurors
  20. 20.The Sedna Ceremony
  21. 21.The Native Surgeon
  22. 22.Sport and Hunting
  23. 23.The Creatures of the Wild
  24. 24.Eskimo Deities
  25. 25.INDEX. — FAUNA AND FLORA OF BAFFIN LAND. — Fauna. — Flora.
  26. 26.Colophon — Availability — Metadata — Revision History — External References — Corrections

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