82 The An-ge-Jw Orders Hall to Burn His Clothes, lociobcr, is64. 



advised that the whole company go well armed to Neitchille, as there 

 existed a strong war-like feeling between the natives of that region 

 and those of Iwillik. 



Hoping to remove every obstacle in the way of accomplishing 

 the object of his expedition, he accepted their advice and subjected 

 himself to the unreasonable demands of the customs, prejudices, and 

 even of the superstitions of the natives. As an instance of the last of 

 these, he now submitted to the loss of even his most valuable garments, 

 since an an-ge-ko (conjurer or medicine man) required them to be 

 burned after he had professedly cured Ebierbing from sickness. Hall 

 consented to believe that Ebierbing seemed much better after the 

 operation, but was unprepared for the an-ge-kd's decree, that his own 

 reindeer-skins, and those of his two P^skimo companions, should be 

 destroyed. The favor of the Innuits was, however, thus kept up; 

 they had already given him many skins, and he felt sure they would 

 give more, if needed. He began to hope that these people, about forty 

 in number, were becoming bound to him by strong ties, and would 

 co-operate with him on his journey. He thought them the best of the 

 Eskimos with whom he had met ; and, willing to adapt himself to their 

 habits in every respect, he discarded his outer clothing at this early 

 stage of the season, and dressed himself in a full Innuit suit. 



The varying temperature of this part of the month kept the whole 

 party watchful of the state of their snow-houses, which were further 

 endangered by their heated atmosphere, when crowded by visitors day 

 and ni^lit. On the 15th the thermometer read 34° all day inside, and 

 27°, 30°, and 28° outside. The domes of all the igloos of the village 

 were riddled with holes and threatened to cave in. Hall's had one 

 prop to keep up tlie dome during the day, and at night he added two 



