The Four Aboriginal Nations seen by the Expedition. Eskimos. Origin of the Name. National Name Inu-it. Great Extent of their Country. Personal Appearance. Occupations. Provident of the Future. Villages. Seal Hunt. Snow Houses. Wanderings not extensive. Respect for Territorial Rights. Dexterous Thieves. Courage. Traffic. Compared to the Phoenicians. Skrellings. Western Tribes pierce the Lip and Nose. Female Toilet. Mimics. Mode of defying their Ene- mies. Dress. Boats. Kaiyaks. Umiaks. Dogs. Religion. Shamanism. Susceptibility of Cultivation. Origin. Language. Western Tribes of the Eskimo Stock. Tchugatchih. Kuskutchewak. A Kashim or Council House. Feasts. Quarrels. Wars. Customs. Mammoth's Tusks. National Names. Namollos or Medium of Exchange. Shells. Winter Dress. Arms. Anecdotes. Treachery. Contests with the Eskimos. Occupations. Traffic. Beads and Shells. Tents. Va- pour Baths. Deer Pounds. Oratory. Talkativeness. Dances. Manbote or Blood-Money. Ceremonies on meeting other People. Population of the Valley of the lusches. Kenaiyers. Ugalents. Atnaër. Koltshanen. Page 377 Frontispiece 397 Plate I. Fossil Leaves of a Tertiary lignite formation III. Kutchin Hunters IV. Kutchin Warrior and his Wife - V. Portrait of a Chief of the Kutchi-Kutchi VI. Kutchin Woman and Children.-Cradle for Infants IX. Dance of the Kutchi-Kutchi WOODCUTS AND DIAGRAMS. Rocky Mountains at the Bend of the Mackenzie Hill in Bear Lake River Ramparts, Mackenzie's River, Geological Section Sandhills on the Mackenzie, Lat. 68° 50′ N. Torso Rock ERRATUM. Page 35. line 3. from bottom, for "1849" read " 1848." ARCTIC SEARCHING EXPEDITION. CHAPTER I. ROUTE ASSIGNED TO THE EXPEDITION UNDER COMMAND OF SIR JOHN FRANKLIN.NAMES OF THE OFFICERS. EREBUS AND TERROR. -DATE OF ITS SAILING.-LAST LETTERS.SIR JOHN FRANKLIN'S LAST OFFICIAL LETTER.-LAST SIGHT OF THE EXPEDITION.SIR JOHN ROSS PROPOSES A SEARCH. DISCUSSION OF VARIOUS OPINIONS OFFERED RESPECTING THE FATE OF THE EXPEDITION.-PLANS OF SEARCH ADOPTED. MAIN OBJECTS OF THE OVERLAND SEARCHING EXPEDITION. -INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE ADMIRALTY. HER MAJESTY'S government having deemed it expedient that a further attempt should be made for the accomplishment of a north-west passage by sea from the Atlantic to the Pacific, the "Erebus " and "Terror" were fitted out for that service, and placed under the command of Captain Sir John Franklin, K. C. H. He was directed by the Admiralty instructions, dated on the 5th of May, 1845, to proceed with all despatch to Lancaster |