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land and reprove the Esquimaux for their conduct, 

 that I at length consented." On his return, being 

 desired to tell what he had said to them, " he had 

 told them,' , he said — 



" Your conduct has been very bad, and unlike that of all 

 other Esquimaux. Some of you even stole from me, your 

 countryman ; but that I do not mind, — I only regret that you 

 should have treated in this violent manner the white people, 

 who came solely to do you kindness. My tribe were in 

 the same unhappy state in which you now are, before the 

 white people came to Churchill, but at present they are sup- 

 plied with everything they need, and you see that I am well 

 clothed; I get all that I want, and am very comfortable. 

 You cannot expect, after the transactions of this day, that 

 these people will ever bring goods to your country again, 

 unless you show your contrition by restoring the stolen 

 goods. The white people love the Esquimaux, and wish to 

 show them the same kindness that they bestow upon the 

 Indians. Do not deceive yourselves, and suppose they are 

 afraid of you ; I tell you they are not ; and that it is entirely 

 owing to their humanity that many of you were not killed 

 to-day ; for they have all guns, with which they can destroy 

 you either when near or at a distance . I also have a gun, 

 and can assure you, that if a white man had fallen, I would 

 have been the first to have revenged his death." — pp. 108, 

 109. 



The language of course is that of Franklin, who 

 however gives it as the purport of Augustus's speech, 

 and adds, u his veracity is beyond all question with 

 the party." "We could perceive," says Franklin, 

 " by the shouts of applause, with which they filled 

 the pauses in his language, that they assented to his 



