 They are speared first and then lanced. (4) Whales. — Striking them with spears to which 20 fathoms of walrus line is attached, with three seal-skin pokes or air-bags tied to it. These pokes keep the whale from sinking while the natives get around it...  English-Eskimo and Eskimo-English Vocabularies - Page 23by Roger Wells - 1890 - 72 pagesFull view - About this book
 | United States. Bureau of Education, United States. Office of Education - Education - 1890 - 82 pages
...unmindful of the cutting wind and drifting snow. HUNTING. The primitive methods of taking game were : (I) Reindeer, with bows and arrows ; rawhide snares secured...and crow-bills are caught with nets suspended over clifls. Ducks, geese, and brants are brought to the ground by means of ivory or bone balls tied together... | |
 | United States. Office of Education - Digital images - 1890 - 958 pages
...sinking while the natives get around it with their boate, lance and worry it to death. (5) Bird*. — Ptarmigans are caught with little nooses set among...Lapland larkspur are caught with tiny nooses made of wiiale1x>ue thread. Little auks, puffins, and crow-bills are caught with nets .tuspeiided over clitls.... | |
 | United States. Census Office. 11th census, 1890 - Alaska - 1893 - 482 pages
...happens that upon seeing a flock the hunter has a rifle, then that weapon is used. Grouse are also caught with little nooses set among dwarf willows and with nets staked down to the snow, into which they are driven. Lapland larks are caught with tiny nooses made of whalebone... | |
 | United States. Census Office - Alaska - 1893 - 462 pages
...happens that upon seeing a flock the hunter has a rifle, then that weapon is used. Grouse are also caught with little nooses set among dwarf willows and with nets staked down to the snow, into which they are driven. Lapland larks are caught with tiny nooses made of whalebone... | |
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