Esquimaux

Their original national name is Karalit, also denoting superiority, and the term Esquimaux, by which they are now so generally known, was given them by their neighbours the Indians, in whose language it signifies

The Moravians in Labrador Anonymous

It is well known that they eat their food, whether fish or flesh, generally in a raw state; hence their appellation, "Ashkimai," in the Cree and Sauteux, means, eater of raw meat, and is doubtless the origin of the name Esquimaux first applied by the earlier French discoverers, and since then passed into general use.

Notes of a Twenty-Five Years' Service in the Hudson's Bay Territory Volume II. (of 2) John M'lean

They are driven in Esquimaux fashion, in teams of from six to twelve dogs, which means that each dog is on a separate trace and it certainly gives them lots of freedom, but makes a great deal safer driving.

Life and Medical Work on the Labrador 1938

The doctor knew that the word Esquimaux signified raw-fish-eater, and he likewise knew that the name was considered an insult in the country, for which reason he did not fail to address them by the title of

The English at the North Pole Part I of the Adventures of Captain Hatteras Jules Verne 1866

Or there was a chance that the Esquimaux were a war party and that the crude spears Irving had caught a glimpse of in the glass were meant for the white men they'd somehow heard had invaded their lands.

The Terror Simmons, Dan 2007

"That makes me think," Kit remarked, "that I have read that some ethnologists think the Esquimaux are a branch of the Chinese nation."

Left on Labrador or, The cruise of the Schooner-yacht 'Curlew.' as Recorded by 'Wash.' 1887

"But the Esquimaux are a rather good-natured set, I've heard," replied

Left on Labrador or, The cruise of the Schooner-yacht 'Curlew.' as Recorded by 'Wash.' 1887

They are called Esquimaux, and are as much attached to their cold, barren country as we can possibly be to ours.

The geographical reader : for the Dixie children, 1863

The heaven of the Esquimaux is a place where they will have a plenty of fine boats and harpoons, and find

The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life William Rounseville Alger 1863

They are sometimes visited by Esquimaux, which is fortunate; for, as Bryan says, "it guves him an opportunity o 'studyin' the peecoolier dialects o 'their lingo."

Ungava 1859