“Reindeer” or “deer”: Gilder, 1881: 11 (Eskimos near Lower
Savage Islands, Hudson Strait, with skins and meat); 23, 25, 26,
28 (hunting by Eskimos near Connery River, Keewatin); 42, 46
(near Chesterfield Inlet); 43 (Eskimo drum of deerskin); 50 (dog
harness of deerskin); 59, 61, 64, 67, 71 (522 reindeer killed by
Schwatka’s party between Hudson Bay and King William Island); 61
(pursued by wolves); 78 (wariness in winter); 83, 192 (Adelaide
Peninsula); 122, 132, 153, 157, 161, 162 (King William Island);
137-146 (Eskimo use of skins and meat); 154 (Eskimos use of fat
and meat); 196-197 (reindeer collecting in immense herds to
cross Simpson Strait on ice in early October); 217, 218 (lower
Back’s River, December); 223, 224, 225, 226 (numerous between
Back’s River and Chesterfield Inlet, January); 254-255
(deerskins as Eskimo bedding).
“Reindeer” or “deer”: Nourse, 1884: 220 (Eskimos dressing skins
near Wager Bay); 232 (37 killed by Hall’s party in July, Wager
Bay); 235 (a thousand passing in a day; many cached near North
Pole River, late September; seen from September to January, and
reappearing in March); 256 (deer-hunting, Melville Peninsula);
264-265 (18 deer and a fawn near Cape Weynton); 351 (found
abundant by Schwatka between Wager Bay and Back’s River); 354
(King William Island); 356 (plentiful, Terror Bay; immense
herds, Simpson Strait, September to October 14).
“Reindeer” or “Arctic deer”: Schwatka, 1885: 59-60, 65, 67-71,
73-75, 81-82, 86 (hunting by Eskimos and whites in n. Keewatin);
60-64 (skins for clothing, bedding, and drums); 60-61 (molt);
65, 67 (use of meat); 68, 71-72 (swimming); 72 (many on King
William Island); 77-79 (migrating across Simpson’s Strait, June
and October); 79 (Boothia and North Somerset); 81 (near mouth of
Back’s River); 83 (rarely seen in herds of more than 100;
migrations); 84-85 (weight); 85 (unwariness).
“Deer”: Boas, 1888: 419 (deer in Eskimo economy); 429, 461-462,
501 (Baffin Island; hunting by Eskimos in summer by spear or
line of cairns); 438 (varying numbers on Cumberland Peninsula);
502 (migration, Baffin and King William Islands); 502-503 (bows
made of antlers); 508-509 (stalking and trapping by Eskimos);
522 (dressing of skins by Eskimos); 555-560 (clothing of
deerskin).
“Reindeer”: Bompas, 1888: 24 (deflected in their migrations in
Mackenzie district by burning of the country); 60 (attacked by
wolves); 61 (Indian methods of hunting); 62 (palatability of the
flesh); 100 (utilization of hides and meat).
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