December, 1864.] Conversatiofis ivitli Imiuits. 589 



While the parties named were engaged listening to what Shoo-she-ark-nuk 

 was saying, I commenced to tell Too-koo-li-too that I wished her to say that the 

 Crozier (of whom they knew something about as having been at Igloo-lik with 

 Parry twenty -two years after he was at Ig-loo-hk) left the Koblunar country as 

 an Esh-e-mut-ta of one of the two ships that were lost at Neitch-il-le. When I 

 had this in mind, I had somehow out of mind the fact that Ar-too-a had iweviousJy 

 told me that Crozier, the same one who was at Igloo lik, was in one of the lost ships 

 at Neitchille. My usual precaution about keeping what I knew about Parry's 

 ships and Franklin's to myself, without letting one word out on my part, was not 

 now adhered to. 



1 had not got two words out before Too-koo-li-too signaled to me by a motion 

 of her hand to keep silent. She then said, " They are saying something that I 

 will like much to hear." Of course I waited with great solicitude. Too-koo-li-too's 

 face soon glowed with delight as she said ; " That same man, Crozier, who was 

 at Igloo-lik when Parry and Lyon were there, was Esh-e-mut-ta (meaning captain 

 in this case, the literal chief) uf the two ships lost in the ice at Neitchille. 

 Crozier was the only man that would not eat any of the meat of the Koblunas 

 as the others all did. Crozier and the three men with him were very hungry, but 

 Crozier, though nearly starved and very thin, would not eat a bit of the Koblu- 

 nas, — he waited tiU an Innuit who was with him and the three men caught a seal, 

 and then Crozier only ate one mouthful, — one little bit first time. Next time, 

 Crozier ate of the seal he took a little Larger piece, though that was a little bit 

 too. One man of the whole number four died because he was sick. The others 

 all lived and grew fat, and finally Crozier got one Innuit with his kiak to accom- 

 pany him and the two men in trying to get to the Koblunar country by traveling 

 to the southward. The Innuits here think these two men and Crozier are alive 

 yet; think they may have returned to Neitchille, if they found they could not get 

 home to the Koblunar country, and lived again with the Innuits. 



The two winters the two ships were at Keitch-ille were very cold. The 

 Innuits never knew such very cold weather — there was no summer between the 

 two winters — could catch no seals or kill any rein-deer at most of the usual places 

 where they were most accustomed to find them. 



Eelative to the interview described, I was thankful — delighted, indeed, that 

 Too-koo-li-too had checked me when I was about to request her to tell the Innuits 

 present what I had in mind. A most important fact came out in consequence, 

 showing that the Innuits far and near are conversant with all events of this 

 nature that take place in their country. The Pelly Bay Innuits, from what had 



