CHAPTER VII. 



Plans for a sledge journey ln the spring — Separation from the Innxhts— Ebiep^ing, 



TOO-KOO-LI-TOO, AND AR-MOU'S FAMILY REMAIN WITH HaXL — HiS INTEREST IN THE DEER- 

 HUNTS — Danger to life experienced— An aurora described by Hall as seen from 



HIS BED on the ROCKS — LaRGE NUMBER OF DEER SLAIN — HaLL'S REINDEER DEPOSITS — 



Severe gale — Too-koo-li-too's remembrance of the Brooklyn ladies wishing her 

 TO dress like civilized people — Exposures on visiting the deposits — Failure to 

 catch salmon — Hall's daily subsistence — He prepares skin garjients— Removal to 

 Now-YARN — News of the drowning of Ar-too-a — Feasts and amusements at Now- 

 YARN — Visit to Oo-gla-ri-your Islant) — Troubles with the natives — Reconcilia- 

 tion AND encouragements — TEMPERATURE OF THE WINTER MONTHS — FREQUENT AU- 

 RORAS — Readiness for a forward move to King William's Land. 



The experience of the first Arctic year has been detailed, and its 

 journals have given an insight into the daily life to which one was 

 necessarily subjected who looked forward to the accomplishment of a 

 '' mission" through assistance furnished by the Eskimos. The details 

 of a second winter life among the same people would not be profitably 

 presented in the cases in which almost -identically like experiences were 

 passed through. This chapter, therefore, will offer but the thread of 

 Hall's occupations during this period, with a recital of such occur- 

 rences as were new to him from his changed location, partial isolation 

 from the larger number of his Innuit friends, and necessar}- self- 

 dependence for subsistence and for a preparation to renew his advance 



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