November, J 864.] Tlw Infiiiits wUl (JO to lie/pulse Bay in the Sprhuj. 



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The first stopping-place on their route would be Oo-koo-isli-c-lik, 

 AYag-er Bay, where they would l)uild hjJoos ;iiid hunt tlic imisk, tlio 

 l)ear, and the seal. Quite early in the season a passage could he made 

 by boats along the land-ice to Kepulse Bay. Hall thought that lui 

 could go on with them to NeitchiUe, and there learn the best way of 

 advancing his original plans, which, however, he already saw would 

 require length of time, particularly to gain the sufficienth' strong con- 

 fidence of the Innuits to induce them to accompany him to King 

 William's Land. Ilis record says : "I must not say I will do so and 

 so, but rather say I will do the work I came to perform (God helping 

 me), take whatever time it will." Up to the 10th of the month his 

 party had opened but a small part of the provision brought from the 

 Monticello, and he had given the 'larger share of this, including 00 

 pounds of pemmican, to his Innuit friends. But in turn he had been 

 so generously feasted on reindeer, that he thought if he could live 

 " one-fifth as well " during the remainder of his stay, he woidd have 

 nothing to complain of. 



CUP AND 15ALL. 



(Deposited at tlie Smitlisonian Institution.) 



The tribe was far from lacking a natural love of amusement. 

 They had learned the games of checkers and dominos, doubtless from 



