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commenced to appear, and very likely they will soon be continued.
I am informed by Dr. Boas, that eleven of THE TALES HE HAS
BROUGHT FROM BAFFIN’S LAND are also known in Greenland
while other ten contain Greenlandic elements. That concerning
Sedna has been published in a German newspaper.
A few additional tales have been received from the
Westcoast of Greenland since my «Tales and Traditions of the
Eskimo» (1875) were published. They are all welcome additions
to the main collection, but we have especially to express our high
opinion of THE SERIES ACQUIRED by Capt. Holm and Mr. Knutsen
during their wintering ON THE EASTCOAST. Their manuscript
contains 57 stories of which 6 are versions of the same by other
narrators; 13 are identical with tales from other Eskimo tribes;
in other 13 more or less elements of the latter are recognised,
but 16 must presently still be considered peculiar to the
eastcoast. The remainder are partly songs, and partly of a more
descriptive character.
In the narrative of Jacobsen’s journeys in Alaska a few
scattered remarks are given touching the folklore. The most
interesting of these informs us about the existence of Eskimo
RUINS ON THE BANKS OF THE RIVER YUKON, not far from its
outlet. He states that traditions exist about a comparatively
large Eskimo population having lived here, and he adds that
in former-times Alaska must have had several times more
inhabitants than now. He suggests that the site of the ruins
must be in some way connected with the boundary line between
the Eskimo and the Indians, though the two nations are not so
strictly divided here as eastward on the American Continent.
If, as before suggested, the original Eskimo have come from the
Interior, their transition to the state of a sealhunting
coast-people must of course have taken time. This would give rise
to a temporary accumulation of inhabitants towards the river
mouths and in this way agree with the existence of these
ruins.
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