I. Settlements of the Tlingit Indians -- The First Russian Encounter with them One Hundred Years Ago -- Warfare and Hunting -- Language as an Indicator of the Development of the Culture -- II. Social Life -- Tribes, Clans, Baraboras [Houses] and Families -- Clan Symbols -- Heads of Clans and Baraboras -- III. Ideas about Kinship -- Relations among Tribes and Clans -- Hostage Exchange [Amanatstvo] -- Blankets as Units of Value -- IV. Marriage and Family Life -- Divorces. Remarriage of the Widowed -- Polygamy -- Children's Upbringing during the First Year -- V. Ancient Religion of the Indians -- Traces of True Worship -- VI. Indian Deities: Dikee Aankaawu, Ganook, Yeil -- Myths about Them -- VII. Other Deities of the Tlingit Indians: Xeitl, Haayeeshaanak'u, and Myths about Them -- VIII. Beliefs in Spirits and Souls of the Dead -- IX. Beliefs in Afterlife -- Funeral Rites -- Attitudes toward the Remains of the Dead -- X. Shamanism and Its Asiatic Origin -- Ikht [Ixt'] and Nukstsaty [Nakws'aat] -- Shamanistic Rituals -- Curing of the Sick Afflicted by Witchcraft.