202 Hall Hunting the Deer. [September, ises. 



toward King William's Land. His ]jlans for the next year involved 

 the securing of the continued friendship of the Innuits, and the stor- 

 ing of sufficient provisions for a long sledge journey, as well as for 

 maintaining life through the approaching winter. 



The larger part of the tribe now located themselves in places at 

 snmc distance from liim ; at first, going off to the lakes above North 

 Pole River to hunt, and, after their return, living nearly all the rest 

 ot tlie season at the point named on the map (page 211) as Now-yarn 

 Harbor. Between this and Fort Hope visits were at times exchanged, 

 and, during the two mid-winter months Hall lived with the natives at 

 Now-\arn. Ebierljing and Too-koo-li-too, from the first, remained 

 close b}' him, and for the sake of the latter who expected to give birth 

 to a child, Ar-mou's family by the consent of the chief, Ou-e-la, re- 

 mained for some time at Fort Hope. For the same reason, chiefly, 

 Hall himself did not accompany the party to the lakes. 



lie soon became deepl}' interested in the deer-hunts, making 

 liiiiisclf a good marksman, and being rewarded with a large success. 

 l)uring the month of September, and until the migrations of the 

 deer ceased in the month following, liis notes are full of wearisome 

 l»ursuits, made almost daily over the rough hills and the hummocks of 



tlic sea-ice 



riic record of one of these hunts is this: Leaving his hut with 

 l*J)ierbiii;_'- at H a. m. of Sei)tember 10, at midday, when three miles 

 lie lit li ut' tlieir li(»me, they first saw a band of seventeen deer one 

 of which ihill succeeded in killing. Making a deposit of this, and 

 traveliiiL; t\\. . miles further, they sighted two others which were rest- 

 '"- "" 'li'' plain The hiiiit(M-s cantiousK' concealed themselves 

 IkIuimI the idrks, and when the animals had come near to them, brows- 



