DCHP-3

Eskimo hunting

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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

<i>c</i>1752
These powerfull people are such a terrour to the servile tribes, that although they do not constantly go annually a Usquemow hunting for their bloody inhumane sacrifice, these poor creatures do this for them, or are sure to be that sacrifice themselves.
1963
Numerous examples can be found in the post records of Company servants along the Eastmain coast standing by helplessly as bands of Indians bent on the murderous pursuit of "Eskimo hunting" passed the posts on the way north. . . .