25G Franldin and Crozier Described. [Aphi, isee. 



(the gvQut EsJi-c-))n(t-faj Sir John Franklin), and had their tiipiks on the 

 ice alongside of him during- the spring and summer. They spoke of 

 one sliip not far from Ook-kee-bee-jee-lua (Pelly Ba}^), and two to the 

 westward of Xeit-tee-lik, near Ook-goo-lik. Kok-lee-arng-nun was '' a 

 big bov when very many men from the ships hunted tooJc-too. They 

 had guns, and knives with long handles, and some of their party hunted 

 the tooJc-ioo on the ice ; killing so many that they made a line across the 

 whole bay of Ook-goo-lik." The Pelly Bay men described the Esli-e- 

 mut-ta as an old man with broad shoulders, thick and heavier set than 

 Hall, with gray hair, full face, and bald head. He was always wear- 

 ing sometliing over his eyes (spectacles, as Too-koo-li-too interpreted 

 it), was cpiite lame, and appeared sick when they last saw him. He 

 was very kind to the Innuits; — always wanting them to eat something. 

 Ag-Ioo-ka (Crozier) and another man would go and do everything that 

 Too-ho-arh told them, just like boys ; he was a very cheerful man, 

 always laughing; everybody liked him — all the A'0&-/i^-was and all the 

 Imiuits. Kok-lee-arng-nun showed how Too-loo-arh and Ag-loo-ha used 

 t(» meet him. They would take hold of his hand, giving it a few warm 

 and friendly shakes, and Too-loo-arh would say, ^'■Ma-my-too-mig-tey-mar 

 Ag-loo-ka's hand-shaking was short and jerky, and he would only say, 

 ^^Man-nig-too-meJ^ "After the first summer and first winter, they saw 

 no more of Too-loo-arh ; ihen Ag-loo-ha (Crozier) was the TJsh-e-mut-ta." 

 'I'Ik' olrl man and his wife agreed in saying that the ship on board 

 (if which they had often seen Too-loo-arh was overwhelmed with heavy 

 ice ill the spring of the year. Wiiile the ice was slowly crushing it, 

 tiie iiifii all worked for their lives in getting out provisions; but, before 

 they cniild save much, the ice turned the vessel down on its side, 

 crusliiiig the masts and breaking a hole in her bottom and so over- 



