400 The Five Graves on Todd's Island. [i^ay, iseo. 



a blubber-tray. Koo-nik, one of this party, gave Hall a silver spoon 

 like the one of which a drawing is found in the Preliminar}^ Chapter 

 of this Narrative, and a second smaller mahogany box, with another 

 spoon and many other articles, including pieces of copper with two 

 stamps of a broad arrow, and a steel spear-head on which was 

 stamped " THE SHIP." All these had been brought from one of 

 Franklin's ships and from the shore on the south side of Ook-joo-lik 

 (O'Reilly Island). Knives, needles, thimbles, beads, and rings were 

 given in return 



Going on from tliese igloos on the 9th, In-nooh-poo-zliee-jook still 

 proved to be an admirable guide, leading Hall on a direct course to 

 the eastern islet of Todd's Islands. The compass at first showed that 

 the travel was south, but before long it showed it as northeast when 

 headed in the same direction. The weather was very thick when the 

 next to the last encampment was made about 10 a. m., and supper was 

 served on delicious fresh salmon of Neitchille, cooked and hot. 



On the 1 1 th, Hall encamped on one of these islets — Todd's Island — 

 and immediately searched for the graves of the five men of whom the 

 natives had spoken as buried on it. Its northwest end was very low 

 and flat, and almost everywhere deeply covered with snow. He found 

 part of a human thigh-bone, which appeared to have been fractured 

 not long before; In-nook-poo-zhee-jook told him this was part of one of 

 the five men But the prospect of finding the other remains was aban- 

 doned on account of the snow. Poo-yet-ta, a native who had gone on 

 with Hall from his last encampment to this island, now said that the 

 remains were not buried when he first saw them, but were found lying 

 down all close together, each fiillv dressed and unmutilated In the 



