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[Transcriber's Notes:

This text is intended for users whose text readers cannot use the
"real" (Unicode/UTF-8) version of the file. Some compromises were made
in character display:

  --Vowels with macron or "long" mark (rare) are shown instead with
  circumflex: a, e. The circumflex accent does not occur anywhere else.
  --The "oe" ligature (also rare) is shown as two letters.
  --A handful of other letters have been "unpacked" and shown
  in brackets.
  --For chi and kra, see under "Orthography".

Parenthetical question marks (?) are in the original. Italics are shown
conventionally with _lines_. In the Glossary (only) small capitals are
shown with #marks#.

Orthography is explained early in the article. Modern (ICI) forms should
be deducible from Boas's spellings. These are based on Kleinschmidt,
but with q in place of [kra]. Note that long vowels are rarely marked,
except in the Glossary and in figure captions. Words are often written
with nasalized finals: n for t sometimes, ng for k almost always,
irn (only) for iq. Medial q was usually written as Greek chi,
representing the fricative pronunciation: "E[ch]aluin" and similar.
As a compromise for this Latin-1 text, chi is shown as q in the main
text, and as [ch] in the Glossary.

Missing punctuation in Figure captions and the Glossary has been
silently supplied. Other typographical errors are listed at the end of
the e-text.]




  Smithsonian Institution----Bureau Of Ethnology.

  THE CENTRAL ESKIMO.

  by

  DR. FRANZ BOAS




CONTENTS.


                                                                Page.
  Introduction                                                   409
    Authorities quoted                                           410
    Orthography                                                  413
    Geography of Northeastern America                            414
  Distribution of the tribes                                     419
    General observations                                         419
    Baffin Land                                                  421
      The Sikosuilarmiut                                         421
      The Akuliarmiut                                            421
      The Qaumauangmiut                                          421
      The Nugumiut                                               422
      The Oqomiut                                                424
      The Padlimiut and the Akudnirmiut                          440
      The Aggomiut                                               442
      The Iglulirmiut                                            444
      The Pilingmiut                                             444
      The Sagdlirmiut                                            444
    Western shore of Hudson Bay                                  444
      The Aivillirmiut                                           445
      The Kinipetu or Agutit                                    