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with the Esquimaux, he said no; and that they 

 always buried theirs. The name of this Esqui 

 maux was Achshannook, and as Augustus could 

 write a little, which he had been taught during 

 the time he was with the expedition, I gave him 

 my pencil, that the others might see what I 

 wished to teach the Esquimaux children, as well as 

 to read White man s book, which told us true of 

 the Great Spirit, whom the Esquimaux did not 

 know, and how they were to live and die happy. 

 The woman immediately caught up her little girl 

 about five years of age, and holding her towards 

 me manifested the greatest delight, with Ach 

 shannook, at the wish I had expressed of having 

 the Esquimaux children taught to write and read 

 the book.&quot; 



The main party reached Churchill on the second 

 of August. &quot;Some of them came over the rocks 

 with the canoes upon their heads, as being a much 

 nearer way to the Company s Post from the spot 

 where they left the Bay, than following the course 

 of the River. Their number, with a small party, 

 that came soon afterwards, was forty-two men.&quot; 

 The Message &quot;The next day, they gathered around me, and 

 with Augustus and an Interpreter, I was enabled 

 to make the object of my visit to them well under 

 stood. I told them that I came very far across 

 the great lake, because I loved the Esquimaux; 

 that there were very many in my country who 

 loved them also, and would be very pleased to 

 hear that I had seen them. I spoke true. I did 

 not come to their country, thinking it was better 



