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ets. lie now determined to proceed to Upernavik, and, 

 if he did not there find the missing party, to proceed 

 north again, and winter in the ice. This was soon found 

 to be unnecessary. At Lievely the missing party were 

 received with many welcomes on board the vessels sent- 

 for their relief. We will leave it to Mr. John K. Kane, 

 the brother of the doctor, to narrate, in his animated 

 account of the relief expedition, the manner and the inci- 

 dents of the encounter. The article, portions of which 

 we quote, was originally contributed to Putnam's Mag- 

 azine ; and conveys, in a novel and spirited style, much 

 interesting description and information in regard to the 

 latitudes visited. 



At Etah the relief expedition came in contact with 

 the Esquimaux who had befriended Dr. Kane ; and Mr. 

 J. K. Kane selected one of the most forward and intel- 

 ligent of the natives, a boy named Mayouk, and endeav- 

 ored by signs to get some information from him. We 

 present the following in Mr. Kane's own words : 



" Mayouk was very quick in understanding us, and 

 equally ready in inventing modes of conveying intelli- 

 gence. Lead-pencil and paper were called into requisi- 

 tion. I took out my note-book, drew a rough sketch 

 of a brig, and showed it to him. He, at once, said 

 ' Dokto Kayen/ and pointed to the north. I then drew 

 a reversed sketch, and pointed south. But Mayouk, 

 shaking his head, began to sway his body backward 

 and forward, to imitate rowing ; then said Dokto 

 Kayen again, and pointed south. On this, I drew 

 a whole fleet of boats, and invited him to point out 

 how many of these he referred to. lie took the pencil ,' 

 from my hand, and altered the sterns of two into sharp- 

 pointed ones, and then held up two fingers, to indicate 

 that there were two of such. I now drew carefully two 

 whale-boats ; he made signs of approval, as much as to 



