Ten Months Among the Tents of the Tuski: With Incidents of an Arctic Boat Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin, as Far as the Mackenzie River, and Cape BathurstJ. Murray, 1853 - Počet stran: 417 An account of the expedition of H.M.S. Plover, under Capt. T.E.L. Moore, 1848-51, and description of Chuckhi Indians. |
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Strana 47 - ... repose. The area of the yarang not occupied by the salons is used quite as an antechamber or hall of entrance ; here food is deposited previous to preparation for cooking, much of which is also done here over larger lamps than those inside. Here are unloaded sledges, and the porters of ice and snow ; the former being afterwards placed on the roof of the sleeping apartment. Here too the dogs feed and sleep, the faithful creatures ever seeking to lie close to their masters at the edge of the inner...
Strana 44 - Metro's tent at Wootair, which could not have contained less than between seventy and eighty square feet, and the whole clear as parchment. So much light being admitted by the roof, no windows are necessary ; an aperture on the most sheltered side serves as a door, over which, when not in use, a screen of walrus skin is drawn ; snow is heaped to the height of about eighteen inches round the tent, to keep wind or drift from penetrating beneath, and the outer shell is complete, with the addition of...
Strana 403 - The gentleman in charge of the Post offered him his hand in greeting, but it was declined, as were also the salutations of other Indians present. When asked the reason of his strange demeanour, he replied, " I am not worthy to shake hands with men ; I am no longer a man, for I have eaten man's flesh. It is...
Strana 388 - Fritsch, loc. at. p. 445 (Bushmans). the woman does not by any means indulge in complete passivity. Mr. Hooper tells us that, among the Indians at James's Bay, " two young Indian women were observed some years ago in violent conflict. . . . After a lengthened and determined struggle the weakest succumbed to the superior prowess of her fortunate adversary. It appeared that these girls were in love with the same man, and had selfinstituted this mode of deciding their claims.
Strana 271 - ... HC St. John says that a successful or expert hunter or fisher sometimes keeps two wives ; and, if a woman finds her husband an unsuccessful Nimrod, she abandons him.1 Among the Aleuts, " the number of wives was not limited, except that the best hunters had the greatest number."2 Among the Kutchin, " polygamy is practised generally in proportion to the rank and wealth of the man ;8 and, among the Brazilian aborigines and the Araucanians, polygyny occurs only or chiefly among rich men and chiefs.4...
Strana 126 - Mooldooyah rejected the offer as of little use, as even then he would be unable to find the road. Fortunately the fall of snow had brought a moderation of the cold, from which, therefore, we suffered little : and so slightly did the condition of affairs depress our spirits, that several favourite songs were sung in chorus, and .Martin and myself had a dance in the snow, which deserves the name of the Tuski Polka. It was, however, rather too laborious an amusement to be long continued, as we were...
Strana 404 - ... human flesh to any other kind of food. The lieutenant, being desirous of going off for a few days into the woods to find reindeer or moose, wished to have Geero for his companion and guide ; but the Indian re fused the service, and, on being pressed for a reason, he frankly told the interpreter that he did not dare to trust himself with any one alone in the woods, as he might be tempted to treat himself to a repast of hi« much-esteemed fare ! The officer did not further solicit the honor of...
Strana 21 - ... but fearful that he would feel the loss of his garment during the night, I restored it to him, making signs that it was to be returned on the morrow. Busy next day with my duties I did not heed the approaching departure of my favourites, and am delighted to record that my friend, as I am proud, from after experience, to call him, sought me out and delivered up the borrowed dress with many signs of acknowledgment for the favour. This fixed him in my esteem, nor had I ever afterwards cause to alter...
Strana 171 - ... gastronomic process, found ourselves, as might be expected, rather at a loss how to commence. From this dilemma, however, our host speedily extricated us, by practical demonstration of the correct mode of action, and under his certainly very able tuition we shortly became more expert. But, alas ! a new difficulty was soon presented ; our native companions, we presume, either made a hasty bolt of each morsel, or had perhaps a relish for the flavour of the viands now under consideration. Not so...
Strana 35 - London, 1861, p. 271. Hoo])er says that the Tnski exchange skins of the reindeer and a small portion of the meat for sealskins, whale, walrus and seal's fl esb, tusks, sinews, etc., all of which are much less valuable than their own commodities. Sealskins they need for marine employments, as those of the reindeer are destroyed by salt water; the aliens require deerskins for hut furniture.1 A company of hunters in 1646 sailed down the Kolima...