CHAPTER XXIIL 



KALUTUNAH RETURNS. — AN ESQUIMAU FAMILY. — THE FAMILY PROPERTY.— 

 THE FAMILY WARDROBE. — MYOUK AND HIS WIFE. — PETER'S DE.\D BODY 

 FOUND. — MY NEW TEAMS. — THE ' SITUATION. — HUNTING. — SUBSISTENCE 

 OF ARCTIC ANIMALS. —PURSUIT OF SCIENCE UNDER DIFFICULTIES. — KA- 

 LUTUNAH AT HOME.— AN ESQUIMAU FEAST. —KALUTUNAH IN SERVICE.- 

 RECOVERING THE BODY OF MR. SONNTAG. — THE FUNERAL. — THE TOMB. 



Kalutunah came back after a few days, according 

 to his promise, and brought along with him the entire 

 KaUitunah family, consisting of his wife and four chil- 

 dren. It was a regular " moving." 



The chief had managed in some manner to get to- 

 gether another team of six good dogs, and he came 

 up in fine style, bringing along with him on his small 

 sledo-e everv thino; that he had in the world, and that 

 was not much. The conveniences for life's comforts 

 possessed by these Arctic nomads are not numerous ; 

 and it is fortunate that their desires so well accord 

 with their means of gratifying them, for probably no 

 people in the world possess so little, either of porta- 

 ble or other kind of property. The entire cargo of 

 the sledge consisted of parts of two bear-skins, the 

 family bedding ; a half-dozen seal-skins, the family 

 tent ; two lances and two harpoons ; a few substantial 

 harpoon lines ; a couple of lamps and pots ; some im- 

 plements and materials for repairing the sledge in the 

 event of accident ; a small seal-skin bag, containing 

 the family wardrobe (that is, the implements for re- 

 pairing it, for the entire wardrobe was on their backs) ; 



