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for us but I vetoed the idea at once. I had always 

 hitherto been able to get back from my trips without 

 assistance, and intended to do so now. 



Three hours of the next march put us on the ice- 

 foot north of Cape Union and as we stepped upon it 

 Ootah exclaimed " Tiger ahshua keesha, koyonni! " (freely 

 translated, "We have arrived at last, thank God!") 

 Ahngodoblaho who was very lame remained behind 

 in the camp, and Clark, who was making rather heavy 

 weather of it, fell rapidly behind from the very first, 

 but I told him to work along as best he could and take 

 it easy, that as soon as I reached the ship I should send 

 someone back to him with something to eat. I think 

 I never shall forget the march from there to the 

 Roosevelt. At risk of being regarded as imaginative 

 I may say that it actually seemed to us as if we had 

 arrived in God's country once more. It was a perfect 

 night, clear and calm, the sunlight softly brilliant and 

 the rich warm colours of the cliffs offering to our eyes 

 a very decided contrast to the savage pinnacles of 

 the sea ice and the snow-covered Greenland coast. 



From where we landed the hard level ice-foot 

 presented the best of walking, and we made good time 

 to Cape Rawson. As we rounded it the slender spars 

 of the Roosevelt looked very, very beautiful in the yel- 

 low midnight May sunlight. 



Long before we reached the ship some of the Eskimos 

 in the shore settlement spied us, I saw them scurrying 

 across the ice-foot to the ship, and a few moments 

 later several figures came out from the ship to meet us. 



Arrived on board I immediately sent two Eskimos 

 and teams back with food and stimulants to bring in 



