180 JOURNEY TO THE SHORES 



The countenance of Terregannoeuck was oval, 

 with a sufficiently prominent nose, and had no- 

 thing very different from an European face, except 

 in the smaliness of his eyes, and, perhaps, in the 

 narrowness of his forehead. His complexion 

 was very fresh and red, and he had a longer beard 

 than I have hitherto seen on any of the aboriginal 

 inhabitants of America. It was between two 

 and three inches long, and perfectly white. His 

 face was not tattooed. His dress consisted of a 

 shirt, or jacket with a hood, wide breeches, reach- 

 ing only to the knee, and tight leggins sewed to 

 the shoes, all of deers' skins. The soles of the 

 shoes were made of seal-skin, and stuffed with 

 feathers instead of socks. He was bent with age, 

 but appeared to be about five feet ten inches high. 

 His hands and feet were small in proportion to 

 his height. Whenever Terregannoeuck received 

 a present, he placed each article first on his right 

 shoulder, then on his left; and when he wished 

 to express still higher satisfaction, he rubbed it 

 over his head. He held hatchets, and other iron 

 instruments, in the highest esteem. On seeing 

 his countenance in a glass for the first time, he 

 exclaimed, « I shall never kill deer more," and 

 immediately put the mirror down. The tribe to 

 which he belongs repair to the sea in spring, 

 and kill seals ; as the season advances they hunt 



