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 BathurstJohn Murray, 1853 - 417 pàgines |
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Ten Months Among the Tents of the Tuski: With Incidents of an Arctic Boat ... William Hulme Hooper Visualització completa - 1853 |
Ten Months Among the Tents of the Tuski: With Incidents of an Arctic Boat ... William Hulme Hooper Visualització completa - 1853 |
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Ahmoleen Akoull amusement animals appearance arrived banks barter Behring's boats brought Cape Captain Moore Caymgliche Co-cone coast companions considerable curious delight despatched displayed distance dogs dress East Cape encamped endeavours Esquimaux expedition favourable feet fire fish Fort Good Hope Fort Norman Fort Simpson frequently friends frozen greatly Gulf of Anadyr hair harbour Hudson's Bay Company huts Indians Island journey Kolyma Lake land light Lorenne Loucheux Mackenzie Mackenzie River Mahkatzan meat Metra miles Mooldooyah morning natives nearly never night observed obtained occasion oomiaks ourselves party passed pemmican Plover Point Barrow present proceeded Pullen quantity rapid reached reindeer remained repose river round sail seal seal-skin seen ship shore Simpson skin sledges snow soon speedily Straits Tchutski tents tobacco tribe Tuski vessels village walrus weather whale wife wind winter Woorel Wootair Yandangah Yaneenga yarang
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Pàgina 45 - ... winds which sweep remorselessly over these treeless regions; the same rule is not observed with regard to the interior. As the yaranga vary so much in size, some being only ten or a dozen feet in diameter, while the largest measure from thirty to forty, the internal arrangements also differ much. In the smaller, a single apartment — frequently scarce large enough for two persons — runs across the hut opposite to the door, while in the habitations of chiefs, who have generally three or four...
Pàgina 53 - Thirst was one of our greatest sufferings, which eating snow only increased, from its inflammatory effect. Uur poor dogs were almost famished. The okonch of the natives is invaluable as a protection against snow. It is made of the intestines of whales and other marine animals, slit open and sewn very neatly together on a double edge. This species of shirt is, when good, quite impervious to water, and exceedingly light, weighing only a few ounces. It is manifest what a boon such a protection must...
Pàgina 149 - who was said to have encountered a huge and savage bear with only a species of large daggerknife, and to have succeeded in despatching it. He was frightfully injured in the contest in his breast : five huge scars, caused by the claws of his adversary, were visible ; a terrible seam appeared on one side of his face, and he was, moreover, crippled for life.
Pàgina 83 - ... full fifty fathoms, and of all thicknesses ; sledges and harness were also among the products of their industry. There was one artist a very Tuski Cellini, whose skill in sculpturing ivory was the theme of praise throughout the country. It appears that even dandies are not unknown in Tuski land : I suppose it is an inevitable provision of all societies that some few among their components are doomed to act the popinjay, and seek to be esteemed by their outward show. The votary of Bond-street,...
Pàgina 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...
Pàgina 406 - ... 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...
Pàgina 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...
Pàgina 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...
Pàgina 171 - 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 ourselves ; it was sadly repugnant to our palates, for, aided by the newly-acquired knowledge that the fish were in the same condition as when taken from the water, uncleaned and unembowelled, we speedily discovered that we could neither bolt nor retain the fragments which, by the primitive...
Pàgina 172 - It was to no purpose that our host pressed us to " fall to;" we could not manage the consumption of this favourite preparation (or rather lack thereof), and succeeded with difficulty in evading his earnest solicitations. The next course was a mess of green stuff, looking as if carefully chopped up, and this was also hard frozen. To it was added a lump of blubber, which the lady presiding, who did all the carving, dexterously cut into slices, with a knife, like a cheesemonger's, and apportioned out,...