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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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1774

The Esquimaux can go much more conveniently from place to place in their Kajaks and women's boats, when the water is open, than on their sledges over the ice, and are not so much exposed to the cold.

1853

Their kyacks, and their light canoes, are principally employed in fishing operations, and a larger vessel, which is called a woman boat (being the only kind in which their women can venture), is used where whales are to be attacked, or fish in large quantities taken.

1954

The umiak, or women's boat, was used to move families and their belongings from point to point by sea. This open boat, sometimes large enough to carry 30 people with their possessions and dogs, was built of driftwood lashed together with seal skin thongs and covered with seal skins.