1 76 THE CHILDREN OF THE COLD. 



driver's little two-year-old baby boy, and 

 Koodleuk was a bright little three-year- 

 old girl. Ahwanak and Koomanah, of 

 course, were good-sized boys, and able 

 to do considerable work for us, on even 

 so hard a trip as was ours. These boys 

 walked nearly the entire distance, but 

 the babies lyawkawak and Koodleuk, 

 when they were not in their mothers' 

 hoods, always rode on the sledges that 

 their fathers managed. Their place upon 

 the sledges was near the front of the 

 loads, close to their fathers, who, as dog- 

 drivers, managed their sledges from this 

 place, and could thus easily watch their 

 little children, and see that they did not 

 tumble off when riding over rough or 

 steep places. 



In lashing on the loads, a nice sort of 

 a place would be fixed, where the two 



