May, 1S09.] The Numhcr of Men Found in the Second Boat. 403 



number of men in Sir John Franklin's Expedition that we now know 

 from Innuit and other sources to have died shortly after Crozier {Ag- 

 ho-hi) was seen by the four Innuits before referred to. In-nook-poo- 

 zhee-jooh and the others agreed to make trial in giving the number, 

 though they say it is impossible to be precise ; they were ' very many.' 

 He now gets his five men to hold out their fingers and thumbs to rep- 

 resent the number of men found in that boat." 



These represent 50 



There were two skulls in the boat the white man (McClintook) had found 



before In-nooJi-poo-shec-jooJc found it 2 



And five he found outside , 5 



Not far from that boat he found another with three skulls in it and four out- 

 side 7 



On Todd's Island, buried 5 



On south shore King William's Land 2 



If the number within and without the big tent be called ;^0 



And we take into the account the large man with long teeth found aboard 



the shii^ 1 



And the four men whose tracks were seen on the mainland near Wiliuot ami 



Crampton Bay 4 



We have lOG 



Deduct two in the boat first found by McCliutock 2 



Deduct half the number probably overstated in the boat, west of Point 

 Richardson 25 



27 



Reasonably accounted for 70 



The Innuits were quite sure that the boat found at i\\o west of 

 Point Richardson was the same one that Ag-gloo-lca'' s party had when 

 they met the four Innuit families just above Point Ilerschel. 

 The notes of the day previous are: 



Evening interview with Ehl-cc-pcc-rc-a, a ISTeitchille Innuit, who, witli liis 

 family, removed to this village to-day. After the newly arrived \rdvty had oom- 

 ]»letod their ifjloos and got them to rights, I proceeded to make a call, taking Jack 



