CHAPTER V The Building of the Village 72 CHAPTER VI The Sealing Grounds 85 CHAPTER VII Womanhood in the Arctics 97 CHAPTER VIII Clothing—Boat Building 108 CHAPTER IX Eskimo Dogs 119 CHAPTER X Tribal Life 136 CHAPTER XI Tribal Life—continued 154 CHAPTER XII The Eskimo Language 171 CHAPTER XIII Legends 184 CHAPTER XIV The Conjurors 196 CHAPTER XV The Sedna Ceremony 210 CHAPTER XVI The Native Surgeon 224 CHAPTER XVII Sport & Hunting 235 CHAPTER XVIII The Creatures of the Wild 252 Appendix 265 Index 271 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. A Woman of the Fox Channel Tribe Frontispiece PAGE An Ancient Aboriginal Encampment 40 Part of an Eskimo Tribe of Women and Children 56 An Iglovegak or Eskimo Dwelling 64 An Eskimo Tupik 73 An Eskimo Snowhouse 76 An Eskimo Home 80 The Return of the Successful Seal Hunter in Springtime 88 Young Seal Hunting in May 92 Two Women in Summer Dress 96 A Young Wife with her Baby in her Hood 104 Eskimo Family Group 104 Models of Kayak, Umiak, and Okushuk 112 An Ancient Form of Sled 134 The Two Wives of a Hunter 144 An Eskimo Family outside their House 144 Preparing for a Long Winter Journey 160 A Native Chart 177 Asseak and his Wife 200 An Umiak or Family Boat 208 The Summer Tent or Tapik 208 A Conjuror’s Mask 211 A Kagge or Singing House (Elevation) 218