umiaks

The boats were of skin, built in the same way as the "umiaks" or women's boats of the Eskimo.

The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II Alexander Leslie 1866

The Eskimo sagas showed that the remnants of the colonies were killed off by the Eskimo who drifted in in skin umiaks covered with white fox skins to simulate ice.

Twenty-Five Years Amongst the Eskimos 1945

Of course, coming among the Eskimos as we did in winter, we did not see them using their kayaks or their umiaks, * but our experience with dogs and komatik was pretty complete.

The Long Labrador Trail Dillon Wallace 1901

The narrative calls these canoes "skin-boats" (_hudhkeipar_), whence it has been inferred that the writer had in mind the _kayaks_ and _umiaks_ of the

The Discovery of America Vol. 1 (of 2) with some account of Ancient America and the Spanish Conquest John Fiske 1871

Their tools were more elegant, better carved and more richly coloured with graphite [348] and red ochre than those of the Chukches; the people were better off and owned a larger number of skin-boats, both _kayaks_ and _umiaks_.

The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II Alexander Leslie 1866