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and five bears one of the bears a very large one 

 had been killed. 



They had not forgotten me. Kulutinguah pre- 

 sented me with a bear's skin, which he had removed 

 from the animal with great care, leaving on claws 

 and head; and there were five deer heads for me, 

 though but one of them was of value as the others 

 were in velvet. 



Kudlar had injured his hip and it was so painful 

 he could hardly move. Upon examination I found 

 it much inflamed. With my limited supply of reme- 

 dies, the best I could do was to apply hot poultices 

 of corn-meal, and instruct him to lie still in his igloo. 

 In a few days, under this treatment, he was so far 

 improved as to be about again. 



On the evening after the hunters returned, and 

 while I was dressing Kudlar's hip, Tongwe Kulu- 

 tinguah's kooner was again attacked by problokto. 

 She rushed out of the igloo, tore her clothing off 

 arid threw herself into a snow-drift. I ran to Kulu- 

 tinguah's assistance, but the woman was strong as a 

 lion, and we had all we could do to hold her. A 

 strong north wind was blowing, with a temperature 

 eight degrees below zero, and I thought she would 

 surely be severely frozen before we could get her into 

 the igloo again, but in some miraculous manner she 

 escaped even the slightest frost-bite. After getting 

 her in the igloo she grew as weak as a kitten, and 

 it was several hours before she became quite herself. 

 In connection with this woman's case, it is curious 

 and interesting to note that, previous to the attack 



