Eskimo LifeI. GREENLAND AND THE ESKIMO1II. APPEARANCE AND DRESS18III. THE 'KAIAK' AND ITS APPURTENANCES30IV. THE ESKIMO AT SEA56V. WINTER-HOUSES, TENTS, WOMAN-BOATS, AND EXCURSIONS78VI. COOKERY AND DAINTIES89VII. CHARACTER AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS100VIII. THE POSITION AND WORK OF WOMEN121IX. LOVE AND MARRIAGE138X. MORALS157XI. JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS-DRUM-DANCES AND ENTERTAINMENTS186XII. MENTAL GIFTS-ART-MUSIC-POETRY-ESKIMO NARRATIVES193XIII. RELIGIOUS IDEAS209XIV. THE INTRODUCTION OF CHRISTIANITY301XV. EUROPEANS AND NATIVES313XVI. WHAT HAVE WE ACHIEVED?327XVII. CONCLUSION |
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APPEARANCE AND DRESS | 18 |
THE KAIAK AND ITS APPURTENANCES | 30 |
THE ESKIMO AT SEA | 56 |
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amulets angekok Angmagsalik animals anorak bear bearded seal believe bird-dart blubber bone Cape Farewell centimetres Christian civilisation coast of Greenland Compare conception course Dalager Danish dead death dogs doubt earth east coast East Greenlanders Efterretninger om Grönland Eskimo especially Europeans example exogamy fish forefathers Godthaab habit hair hand Hans Egede happens harpoon heathen hood seal human hunters hunting idea Indians kaiak kaiak-man kamiks killed land landers legends Liebrecht live marriage married Meddelelser om Grönland missionaries Moltke Moe morality myth narwhal natives natural Norsemen Norway Norwegian once paddle Paul Egede primitive probably race regarded reindeer remarkable ringed seal Rink rule scarcely seal sealskin seems seen skin sleeping-bench sometimes Sophus Bugge sort soul supernatural things thought throwing-stick tion tornarssuk walrus weapons west coast whales whole wife woman woman-boat women word