Salish Indians, 168, 172 Saltreaux (Indian tribe), 122 sampan, 191, 192, 205, 211 scale-model canoe, 4, 5 Schenectady boat, 13 scow, 13 scraper (tool), 19 sea otter hunting, 197 seal, bearded, 188, 195 Sekani Indians, kayak-form canoe, 159 setting up canoe (on building bed), 37, 38, 40, 44, 45 Seton, Ernest Thompson, 4 sewing (stitching, lashing), 15, 29, 30; on building bed, 42, 43, 44, 45, 48, 49, 50; Micmac, 63; Malecite, 79; St. Francis Abnaki, 91; Eastern Cree, 101; Têtes de Boule, 108, 109; Algonkin, 120; rawhide, 132, 158; narrow-bottom, 158; kayak-form, 162; sturgeon-nose, 168; skin cover, 186, 188, 190; kayak, 193, 194, 196; temporary canoe, 220 Sharp, Minnie Bell (Mrs. Edwin Tappan Adney), 4 Sharpie (boat type), 191, 206, 208 shaving horse (tool), 22 sheathing, 19, 73, 77; fitting of, 32 ff., 51, 52; Malecite, 50, 51, 75; Micmac, 63, 64; St. Francis, 90; Eastern Cree, 105; Têtes de Boule, 110; Algonkin, 121, 122; fur-trade, 149; narrow-bottom, 158; sturgeon-nose, 168, 172; temporary canoe, 218, 220 sheer (rise in lengthwise line of gunwale), 47, 52, 56; hogged, 55, 62, 63; Micmac, 59; Malecite, 70; Beothuk, 94, 96 ff.; Algonkin, 114, 117; fur-trade, 136, 148; Northwest, 155, 156; kayak-form, 159, 164, 165, 166, 167; umiak, 182, 183, 187, 189, 190; kayak, 200, 204 ff., 208, 211 shelter, Malecite canoe as, 71, 72 Sioux (Dakotas), 122, 130, 133 skiff-canoe (3-board), 65 skin boat arctic, 174-211; seagoing, 174, 175; voyages, 176; shape and size, 176; in ice, 180; loading, 180, 181; umiak, 181-189; kayak, 190-211; compared with bark canoe, 193, 221; temporary, 219, 221; caribou skin, 220 skin cover, umiak, 176, 178, 186, 188; kayak, 192 ff., 197, 199, 200, 204; for temporary canoe, 219 skin canoe, temporary, construction of, 219-221 Siberia, 181 Slave Indians, 154, 155; canoe, 155-158 sledge, for transporting umiak, 188; for transporting Nunivak Island kayak, 199 Sokoki Indians, 88 Southampton Island, 191, 204 Spars, Micmac, 65, 66, 67 Spruce, black, bark, 15, 17, 24, 212, 213; roots for sewing, 15, 16; splitting qualities, 17, 19; in kayaks, 192 red, 17 spruce-bark canoe, Malecite, 72; Western Cree, 132; narrow-bottom, 158 spruce gum, 17; preparation, 24; tempering, 24, 25 stakes, building bed, 40, 41, 45 ff., 146, 148 stanchion, 195 Stefansson, Vilhjalmur, v, 174