"On the floor the women spread out a skin rug (krâ) and on top of it blankets made of softened skins (oulit)." ('The Amerindians of the Canadian Northwest in the 19th Century, as seen by Émile Petitot. Volume 1: The Tchiglit Eskimos', edited by Donat Savoie, Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, 1971: 170)