CHAPTER XIV. 



FOUR ESKIMO CHILDREN. 



r T < HE four Eskimo children with whom 

 ' I became best acquainted during 

 my Arctic trip were in my sledge-party 

 in a journey from North Hudson's Bay 

 to King William's Land and back again, 

 which occupied nearly a year. Their 

 names were Ah-wan-ak, Koo-man-ah, 

 I-yawk-a-wak, and Kood-le-uk. 



Ahwanak was a boy of about fourteen 

 or fifteen, Koomanah a boy of from 

 twelve to thirteen, lyawkawak was my 



