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Eskimo hunt Obs. 
an organized foray by the Northern Indians to seek out and destroy Eskimos.
See also: Eskimo hunting
- 1785 (1954) Just at the writing of this the Albany Indian arrived here for the Esquimauix hunt, and yours returned with them again.
- 1845 (1914) An Eskimo Hunt has always been a favourite diversion among the Border Indians.
- 1914 That they reached the Coppermine River at all was due to the decision of Hearne's Chipewyans, who had been joined by a number of Copper Indians, to have an "Eskimo Hunt," evidently a popular form of amusement with the Northern Indians at that time.
- 1785 (1954) Just at the writing of this the Albany Indian arrived here for the Esquimauix hunt, and yours returned with them again.