HUNTING THE NARWHAL 355 



I threw myself upon my bed, without removing 

 clothes or boots, to sleep until Billy roused me sev- 

 eral hours later to join him at a good breakfast. 

 After eating I crawled into my sleeping-bag again 

 and there remained until thoroughly rested. When 

 I arose my throat was sore, my back ached, and I 

 found myself suffering with a cold as a result of 

 my experience. 



Several of the Eskimos had arrived at Annootok 

 during my absence. I looked in at Sipsu's and Kulu- 

 tinguah's tupeks, but found both families sleeping, 

 and had just returned to the shack when the dogs 

 began howling, and glancing up the mountain-side 

 I discovered two more Eskimo families with komatiks 

 working their way down. The new comers proved 

 to be Tukshu with his kooner Evaloo, and Oxpuddy- 

 shou with his family. The Eskimos were entirely 

 without food for themselves or their dogs, and 

 though Oxpuddyshou and Tukshu were very tired 

 after a hard journey from Etah, they started out 

 with several others to hunt seals as soon as their 

 tupeks were pitched. Late the next day Awhella 

 and Tukshu returned, and a little later Kulutinguah, 

 Oxpuddyshou and Ilabrado, all of them with seals. 

 Sipsu, they said, had gone on to Humboldt Glacier 

 after bear, and as Abidinguah and Pennipar had not 

 returned it was believed that they also had gone after 

 bear. 



I was not at all certain as to dates, but according 

 to my reckoning, on July first with a bright sun 

 almost directly overhead and not a cloud in the sky, 



