;300 Arrival at Ig-ho-lik. February, iser. 



t-acli a siipjter of hot tea, witli .some of his remaining eight pounds of 

 sea-breail, i)leasing Oa-c-Ia by giving to his Httle idol child as much 

 ai! to am- one of the grown jjeople. He reminded them that they might 

 lintl walrus deposits at Ping-it-ka-lik, but, if not, could push on to 

 l<r-Kio-lik : that until tlien, the rest of his bread w^ould be for their 

 free use : and that, even if no Innuits or deposits should be found at 

 liT-loo-lik. thev need not think of starvation, for with their instruments 

 and gear tliey could get walrus on the drifting ice in the places with 

 whicli Ou-e-Ia was familiar. He then gave them some account of the 

 sufl'erings of white men from want of food in like circumstances with 

 tjjeir nwii: relating those of Franklin and his companions, Richardson 

 and Back, on their return from the Polar Sea. Before sleep came, 

 (Jn-c-hi's good humor had returned. 



The next iiioniiiig, sledge-tracks were seen, and the part}", light- 

 ening their Ictad ])y leaving most of their stores in a snow-house, 

 pressed forward toward Ig-loo-lik. At 2 p. m. the voice of a driver and 

 tlie cry of his dogs were heard, and an hour later Hall was in the vil- 

 lage, where he was (piickly surrounded by a crowd of men, women, and 

 cliildren, wix. had heard that a koh-lu-na had come. An igloo was soon 

 built, and a log of walrus meat and blubber, weighing full 500 pounds, 

 wa>; drawn in and set before his party. Their breakfast on the next 

 day was »Mu-e nwjre on cooked meat, after which meal the Ig-loo-lik 

 an-(j€-ho ma<le his appearance, and spent some time in an '^an-koot-ing"- 

 welcoim- service, th.- .letails of which Hall has not noted. 



During tlie first five days of ihc month of March, he lived in his 

 Kiiow-li(,UHe at Ig-lon-lik ain<.iio- the natives of this large tribe, and 

 enjoyed U\h intercourse, lb- w;,s well treated, his wants entirely sup- 



