CHAPTER XI. 



AnXIKTY FOn THE SAFETY OF THE CACHE MADE IX 1866 — HaLL'S PARTY SETS OUT TO VISIT IT, 



May 1 — Route by Gibson's Cove, Walrus Island, and Iwillik to Christie Lake — 

 Sails raised on the sled — Snow-blindness— Miles Lake reached — Strange Innuits 

 SEEN— The Sea of Ak-koo-lee and Point Hargrave reached — Expedients to hurry 

 UP the dogs— Cape Weynton reached — The cache changed — Return to Beacon 

 Hill — A week's musk-ox hunt — Survey of Ships Harbor Islands — Native supersti- 

 tion — Hall's purchase of supplies — Capture of a walrus — The hiring of five 

 WHITE MEN — Winter quarters. 



No new journey now to King William's Land! In addition to this 

 extreme disappointment, there came upon Hall the uncomfortable 

 remembrance of the deposit of provisions made at Cape Weynton, a 

 twelvemonth before, which he had so fondly hoped would serve him 

 on going out again at this very time. The safety of the cache, which 

 had never been a certainty, now became a matter of deep concern from 

 the accounts received from the whalers of the conduct of the Pelly Bay 

 natives, who had been laying their hands on many small articles 

 belonging to the ships, and even on the tents left on shore. There 

 was reason, therefore, to apprehend that on their return home, on 

 which the tribe had now set out, they would destroy this advance 

 deposit, which otherwise would be so nuich gain whenever Hall could 

 renew his journey. He must go now to the Cape. 



Expecting to be absent not longer than twelve days, he gained 



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