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Hall then "began with liis best bow" by expressing his satisfaction at 

 having lived with them four moons as a brother, without either having 

 spoken one bad word to them, or having heard one from them to him- 

 self, lie tried to impress them with the greatness of his native coun- 

 try, and the protection always shown to its citizens by its one great 

 E-she-mut-ta (Chief), enforcing this idea by pointing to the flags 

 around him Giving them some idea of the Queen of England also, 

 whom he called "the Great Mother that owned all the big water and 

 the land on which they were, as well as the country of Ebierbing and 

 Too-koo-li-too," he turned to these two, and told of their visit to Eng- 

 land and to the palace of the Queen. After offering a good deal of 

 wholesome advice to persuade his hearers to have more care as to their 

 intercourse with white men, some of whom, he reminded them, had 

 robbed them of their hunting lines, while others had taught them to 

 be profane, and had introduced disease among them, he repeated in 

 full his reasons for leaving home. "I have come," he said, "to your 

 countr}' to find out all about some white brothers who came to 

 your land many years ago, but who never came back. Many of 

 these brothers had wives and children. Their wives want the Innuits 

 to tell me all about what they know of their husbands. Their children 

 want you to tell me all about what you know of their fathers. 

 * * * I shall want you to help me a good deal ; you have 

 told mo that you would go with me to Neitchille, and help me to find 

 out all about the ship or two ships, as some of you have told me, that 

 were two years, as you all say, in the ice near that place. I have pow- 

 der, balls, sliot, and caps enough for "us all for three years. All these 

 things 1 will shai-c witli }'ou. • 80 long as I am in your country, let us 

 be as we lui\ o been fur the four moons just passed — a band of brothers 



