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Inasmuch 



Visit to 

 Churchill 



Meeting with 

 Eskimo 



properly, for him in winter; and bring plenty of 

 musk oxen and deer for him to eat. Captain 

 Franklin expressed much interest for this harmless 

 race of Indians and having spoken to the Governor 

 of this Northern district, I have resolved upon 

 visiting Churchill, next July, in the hope of 

 meeting the tribe on their visit to that Factory, 

 and to obtain information, as to the practicability 

 of sending a schoolmaster amongst them, or 

 forming a school for the education of their 

 children.&quot; 



The purpose then formed was carried out as 

 West s last journey before his return to England. 

 The trip from York Factory was long and trying : 

 &quot;In the evening,&quot; he says, &quot; one of the Chipewyan 

 Indians, sent me some dried venison; and the 

 next morning, early, we arrived at Churchill. 

 The Esquimaux*, Augustus, who accompanied 

 Captain Franklin to the shores of the Polar Sea, 

 came out to meet us, and expressed much delight 

 at my coming to see his tribe, who were expected 

 to arrive at the Factory any day. He had not 

 seen his countrymen since he acted as one of the 

 guides in that arduous expedition, and intended 

 to return with them to his wife and children, laden 

 with presents and rewards for his tried and faith 

 ful services.&quot; 



After waiting some days for the arrival of the 

 Eskimo, Mr. West describes his visit to the first 

 family: &quot;The next morning I accompanied him 

 to the Esquimaux tent, with an interpreter, under 

 the idea that I might obtain some interesting 



* Old form of &quot;Eskimo&quot;. 



