Among the Eskimos of Labrador : a record of five years' close intercourse with the Eskimo tribes of Labrador
Among the Eskimos of Labrador Chapter I. My neighbor the Eskimo -- Chapter II. Killinek -- Nearing Killinek -- Eskimos on board -- The stepping-stones -- Tent life -- Snow houses -- The Iglo -- Old Tuglavi -- The troubles of a photographer -- Superstitions -- The old woman of the sea -- The happy hu...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Seeley, Service & co., limited
1912
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| Online Access: | http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/cns2/id/160422 |
| Summary: | Among the Eskimos of Labrador Chapter I. My neighbor the Eskimo -- Chapter II. Killinek -- Nearing Killinek -- Eskimos on board -- The stepping-stones -- Tent life -- Snow houses -- The Iglo -- Old Tuglavi -- The troubles of a photographer -- Superstitions -- The old woman of the sea -- The happy hunting grounds -- Chapter III. First sight of Labrador -- Arrival at Okak -- Chapter IV. The freezing of the sea -- Sealskin clothes and boots -- Winter cold -- The home-coming -- Chapter V. Little John -- Chapter VI. An Eskimo wedding -- Home life -- Chapter VII. Choosing names -- Eskimo childhood -- Dolls -- Sledges and dogs -- Punting on the ice -- The little hunter -- In school -- Chapter VIII. Birthdays -- A hard-working people -- Joshua the ivory carver -- Clothing and cleanliness -- Old age -- Chapter IX. Making a sledge -- My first sledge journey -- Chapter X. An urgent call -- Along the ice edge -- Our guide -- A comic touch -- Starting home -- Over the land -- Chapter XI. A providential check -- Soft snow -- Sledge dogs -- Chapter XII. My drivers -- Two Jonathans -- My box -- Old Kollek gets caught -- A snow house -- A wolf -- A ninety-mile trot -- A partridge on the road -- My frozen nose -- Chapter XIII. A run to Nain -- A camping accident -- A summons home -- Singing us off -- Into the storm -- Lost on the mountain -- Julius to the rescue -- An uncomfortable night -- Chapter XIV. A drowning accident -- A breakdown on the mountain -- Johannes in a storm -- Crossing a crevice -- Chapter XV. Daniel -- A hundred miles in an open boat -- Daniel as cook -- Daniel's house -- The old widow -- Chapter XVI. Out with the seal hunters -- The harpoon -- Shooting a seal -- A gruesome custom -- Hauling the net -- Chapter XVII. At the edge of the ice -- A tragedy -- Landing a walrus -- Martin's first seal -- Chapter XVIII. Fur trapping -- A New Year's godsend -- The reindeer hunt -- Chapter XIX. The spring flitting -- Seal hunting among the floes -- Tent life -- The hunter's return -- Chapter XX. Cod-fishing -- Tents -- ... |
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