!Tlay, 1S«9. 



Intervictv with In-nook-])oo-zhce-jook. 



if figliting were to be done, for now a village was seen and a number 

 of men with dogs sealing out on the iee. 



The next morning the party started out, fully prepared to meet 

 friends or enemies. Each of the men had at first something to say like 

 a prayer that those whom he met would be friends; in which Hall joined, 

 praying also, as he says, that the interview might lead to much news 

 of Franklin's lost companions, and perhaps " to the recovery of some 

 souls and of the records." AVithin 150 fathoms of the igloos a halt was 

 made, Hall, Pa-pa, and Joe staying by the sledges, while Ou-c-la, Jack 

 {Nu-ker-zhoo), and ''Jeny " advanced a little way, with their long, sharp 

 knives in hand. But the Innuits came out of their igloos and inter- 

 mingled with the new-comers, on which Hall hastened forward and met 

 the man whom he most desired to see — In-nook-poo-zhee-jook. 



The first question asked of 

 this man was, ^'■Nou-tima Ag- 

 loo-ha r (Where is Crozier I) 

 And the first thing shown to 

 Hall was a large silver spoon, 

 with an eel's head crest (Frank- 

 lin's; see Preliminary Chap- 

 ter), that came from a large 

 island where many white men 

 died. An encampment was im- i^'oi^"^' knives, fokk, axl> spooxs of innuit make. 

 mediately made with the chief's people, who helped to put up igloos, 

 in which they used knives which had belonged to Franklin's Expedi- 

 tion ; they had one from McClintock's. The names of the men were 

 taken down in a book, which act pleased every one of them at the 

 outset, and the day was spent in talks with them ; the interpreters. 



