406 Ag-loo-ka's {Crozier) Visit to the Innuits — 1848. [May, iseo. 



" The first time A(j-Joo-ka came lie did not come inside ; next morning 

 he entered one of" tlie tents of the four families wlio were there en- 

 camped b}' tlie west shore of King William's Land, a little way above 

 Cape Herschel (as pointed out on the chart). His telescope was 

 hung about his neck. Ag-loo-ka and his men had come along, the men 

 drao-o-inji- a lar<re sledg-e laden with a boat and a smaller sledj^e with 

 camp material and provision. Close by the Innuits they erected a 

 tent ; some of the men slept in the boat, which was left on the sea-ice 

 all the snow being off the land. On Ag-loo-Jca's first meeting with the 

 Innuits he had a gun in his hand ; on seeing him lay it down, the In- 

 nuits laid down their spears. Then Crozier walked up and said, " Tij- 

 mof'' ^'^ Man-ik-too-meeV at the same time brushing his hand down 

 their breasts and shaking hands, Koh-Iu-na-way. The time was late 

 in the spring — July, Joe and Hannah said it must have been, for the 

 sea-ice was nearly ready to break up; the sun was in sight all the time ; 

 ducks, now-yers, &c., all in abundance in the pools and lakes. Tee- 

 kee-ta saw Ag-loo-ka kill two geese, and his men were busy shooting. 

 Ag-loo-ka tried very hard to talk to the Innuits, but did not say much 

 to them. He had a little book as he sat in Oiv-er''s tent and wrote notes. 

 The full meaning of what he said about the ice destro^'ing the ship 

 and his men dying was afterward understood. He ate a piece of seal 

 raw, aljout as big as the fore and next fingers to the first joint. He 

 wore no sword. He tlien said he was going to Iwillik (Repulse Bay), 

 making motions witli liis hands in that direction. One of his men was 

 very fat, the others all poor ; one man witli one of his upper teeth 

 gone, and one witli marks on the saddle of his nose, and one man 

 squinted, or cross-eyed. 'Hie Innuits left them although supposing 

 lli;it i1m'\' W(;i*<' al);iii<loiiiiii>- stai'vcd men. 



