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PREFACE.
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The purpose of the first section of this book is to show
what conclusions it is possible to draw from the mode of life,
the customs and usages of the Eskimo, so far as regards the
migrations by which they have spread over their present territory.
But it is not intended to go farther back than the
commencement of this dispersion. Especially do our conclusions not
imply a decided opinion on the question so frequently discussed,
whether the cradle of the race was in America or in Asia. At
the same time, however, it attaches a greater importance to the
New, than to the Old World as a factor in what must be
considered the ancient history of the Eskimo. In order to trace
out their origin, the principal source of knowledge will most
likely have to be finally sought for in their language and traditions.
As to language, — vocabularies will be required, showing how
the same idea is expressed throughout the different dialects,
according to the system now adopted by the American authors
on aboriginal linguistics (Powell: «Introduction to the study of
Indian languages»). But a comparison of this kind cannot
attain its real value, without explaining at the same time, how
the compound words have originated from their stems or elements.
It is the principal object of the present work to give an idea
of these elements in the Eskimo language, and the admirable
construction of words by means of them. We shall then be
enabled to explain a comparative vocabulary in a subsequent
volume, by referring to the rules stated in the present one.
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