Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 102
plete available report upon Eskimo boats andboat-building. He tells us that the umiak of theGreenlanders, an open, skin boat, was originallypropelled by paddles, but slender blade-oars are … A FIFTEEN-FOOT SKIN BOAT OF THE ESKIMOS OFKADIAK ISLAND, ALASKA. now used. The steering was done from the sternwith a broad-bladed paddle. In ancient times,sails were sometimes used. These were made bysewing grass-mats together, and supporting themon two long sticks, stayed by guy-ropes of skinto…
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