Table of Contents
Foreword 5
Preface 7
Introduction: The Journey 13
1 Historical Survey 25
2 The Territory of the Tlingit 71
3 The Tlingit People 85
4 Villages, Houses, and Inhabitants 113
5 Household Life 137
6 Fishing, Hunting, and Trade 151
7 Arts and Handcrafts 173
8 Birth, Education, Marriage, and Death 187
9 Customs of Peace and War 201
10 Myths of the Tlingit 215
11 Shamanism 239
12 Neighboring Tribes 253
13 Missions and Efforts at Civilization 273
14 The Language of the Tlingit 285
Notes 315
Bibliography 339
Index 349
Illustrations
The Russian castle at Sitka 68
Landscape along Indian River near Sitka 82
Chilkat Indian on a trading expedition 91
Chiefs of the Auks 92
Chief of the Huna 94
House in Angoon with a painted gable 95
House in Klukwan belonging to the chief of the Whale clan 114
Totem of the Whale clan (kit, whale) 114
Small house about twelve steps (feet?) square at Jendestake 116
Carved wooden figures at the sides of the inner entrance of a house at Klukwan 118
Wood carving on a wall board inside a house at Klukwan 119
Carved wooden figures in a house at Klukwan 120
Carved wooden figure at the inner entrance of a house in Klukwan 121
Wooden post with carved figure inside a house at Klukwan 122
Totem pole (Ku-ti-ga) in Huna 124
Don-e-wak, chief of the Chilkat 126
Jelchkuchu, son of Tschartritsch, first chief of the Chilkat 129
Inside a house at Klukwan 142
Women at Huna, planting potatoes 146
Huna Indian building a canoe 157
Indian women and canoes in Taku harbor 161
A Chilkat wolf trap 169
Chilkat woman weaving a dance blanket 175
Fishbone comb, gåkchedu, carved with bears head, from Huna 176
Stone mortars, tekajét, representing a frog, chichsch, from Klukan 180
A woman from Huna and her slave 189
Grave houses at Huna 196
Grave houses at Klukwan 197
Chief of the Huna with his wife in ceremonial regalia (with dance masks) 204
A wooden drum, about one meter high, a-niáti bigan (chief's drum) with carved front and painted side walls. From Huna 207
Tlingit dance rattle 208
Mrs. Dickinson 281
Plates
Plate I Household Utensils of the Tlingit 149
Plate II Fishing Tackle 159
Plate III The Preparation of Fish Oil 167
Plate IV Armor, Daggers and Various Weapons 183