CONTENTS. V 



aupcrstitions of these jjooph — llnll iifciisfd of liiiiii,fiii!,r sickness ;uii()ii^ tlicin 



The bangiug of the ohl chicsf and his wife li.v their smi "to take llieiii to the 

 happy laud"— Hall keejjs the i>eace hetween tlie I'dly ]5a.v and tiie JJeitnIse JJay 

 natives — Settles some old feuds in his liipik— His sledge journeys for survey of 

 the bay — Eiuharrassmeuts in his work— Death of Oii-c-la's wife— Ill-treatment 

 of womeu— Arrival of the whalers— Hall requests them to spare men from their 

 crews for his next jourucy— His assistance to the eajjtains— The; sliijis decide to 

 winter in the bay — Hall encamps near them iu Noveuilter — lutereoni-se throuji;h 

 the wiuter— The captains will not let the Innuits furnish him with dogs 273-290 



CHAPTER X. 



SLEDGE JOURNEY TO IG-LOO-LIK FOK DOGS. 



February 7 to April 1, 1807. 



Counter-claims on the Innuits for their dogs — Hall dctcrniines to make a sledge journey 

 to Ig-loo-lik to purchase his own team — Leaves Ships' Harlx>r Islands February 7 — 

 Fii'st delays — Ou-e-la loses his way — Provisious become scarce — The mouths of the 

 dogs tied wp to prevent their eating the harness — Am-i-tokc reached, but no natives 

 found — Ou-e-la accuses Hall of bringing him to starvation — Ig-loo-lik reached on 

 the 27th — Purchase of dogs — Visit to Tern Island, to Parry's llag-statf — Ou-c-la i)uts 

 a widow and. her household goods ou the return sled — Hall puts her oii' on the ice — 

 Starts back with another native as driver — Ou-e-la's bad conduct on the return — 

 Hall again sights the ships on the 30th of March — The captains now refuse to let 

 him have the men for his journey 293-310 



CHAPTER XL 



JOURNEY TO CAPE WEYNTON. 



Summer of 18G7 axd winter of 1868. 



Anxiety for the safety of the cache made iu 1866 — Hall's party sets out to vist it May 

 1 — Route by Gibson's Cove, Walrus Island, aud Iwillik to Chri.stie Lake — Sails 

 raised on the sleds — Snow-blindness — Miles Lake reached — Strange Innuita seen — 

 The Sea of Ak-koo-lee aud Point Hargrave reached— Expedients to hurry up the 

 dogs — Cape Weynton reached — The cache changed — Return to Beacon Hill— A 

 ■week's musk-ox hunt — Survey of Ships' Harbor Islands — Native superstition — H.ill's 

 purchase of supplies — Capture of a walrus — The hiring of five white men — "Winter 

 quarters 31:5-327 



