DCHP-3

Eskimo hunt

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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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an organized foray by the Northern Indians to seek out and destroy Eskimos.

Quotations

1785
Just at the writing of this the Albany Indian arrived here for the Esquimauix hunt, and yours returned with them again.
1845
An Eskimo Hunt has always been a favourite diversion among the Border Indians.
1914
That they reached the Coppermine River at all was due to the decision of Hearne's Chipewyans, who had been joined by a number of Copper Indians, to have an "Eskimo Hunt," evidently a popular form of amusement with the Northern Indians at that time.