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see that she was never in want of it. A son, Kish-a-watch-Kia, and 

 his wife Poon-elly and several young children, besides two fairly 

 good-looking daughters, aged 14 or 16, were living with the old man. 

 I gave each a pipeful of tobacco. Poon-elly's baby, which was sprawl- 

 ing over its mother's shoulder, began to cry, and, I suppose by way 

 of a ti'eat, the mother took the short clay pipe from her own mouth and 

 placed it in her baby's. I thought the poor little thing would have 

 choked, but have no doubt that being now a year older, it can duly 

 appreciate a whiff of tobacco smoke. 



I visited all the igloos in turn, those of Cowjut, Padliat, Neecook, 

 Owbrook, Ne-bo-cart, Eat-wor-buckeye, Atchick, and several others ; 

 last of all I paid a visit to the igloo of U-a-luck, a man whom I 

 always called and considered to be my special friend. U-a-luck is a 

 mifhty hunter, very good looking and well built ; height 5 feet, 7| 

 inches ; very broad in the chest and a perfect Hercules as regards 

 strength. From the very first he evinced a desire to imitate the 

 whites (Cublunac) in every way possible. He tried to master English 

 and learned many words. I have no doubt bvit that when he next 

 visits Fort Chimo he will say, please — give — me — a — pipe, and 

 receiving it, will say, thank-ou. U-a-luck's wife, Chi-u-cudelow, is a 

 good-natured looking middle-aged woman ; she has two children by her 

 present husband and two by a former. U-a-luck also has a boy by a 

 former wife. His mother and grandmother, together with a second 

 wife and two children, complete the family. I was informed at Un- 

 gava that in the winter of 1883 Ualuck, after a visit to the post, when 

 gone about twelve miles on his homeward journey, had found that his 

 grandmother was a great inconvenience and straightway left her out 

 in the snow. The Hudson's Bay Chief was informed of this and 

 sent after Mr. Ualuck, telling him that he must take care of the old 

 lady. In the spring Ualuck was the happy possessor of three shirts, 

 a blue, a grey, and a white, all of different lengths ; he generally wore 

 these over all, the longest one underneath, by which means he could 

 show a portion of each ; later on he had five shirts and his costume 

 then became ludicrous in the extreme. 



Having completed my round of visits, Ualuck hitched up his dogs 

 and drove me home, accompanied by half the population. Arrived 

 at my shanty they all seemed to think that, they having entertained 

 me in their houses, I ought to return the compliment, but I failed 

 to see it in the same light as they. 



