590 Conversations with Innuits. [December, isg4. 



been told them by Inmiits who had seeu Crozier, knew that he (C.) was not an 

 Esh-c luut ta (eai)tai]i) when with the two ships that visited Ig-loo-lik and the other 

 phices. But they knew that he (C ) was Esh-e inut-ta when at Neitch-ille. The 

 fact that Crozier was not an Esh-e-mut-ta when at Ig-loo-lik was well known to 

 Ou-e-la, Shoo-she-ark-nuk, and Ar-too-a when they were boys. Erk-tu-a knows this 

 well, and so it is known all the way from here to Ig-loo-lik and even Pond's 

 Baj" — I doubt not. How remarkable it is that such matters are perpetuated by a 

 people that have no knowledge of books and writings ! But these facts which 

 I now give record to cannot be learned in a moment. Friendship and confidence 

 nuist be established first, and even then there are obstacles ever in the way, 

 whicli prevent rapid acquisition of knowledge among this people. I am blessed 

 with having Ebierbing and Too-koo-li-too for my company and interpreters. 



Deceimber 7th, 1864. — This morning Erk-tu-a, the relict of E-we-rat, and 

 old mother Ook-bar-loo, called on me. 



I began my inquiries by asking Erk-tu-a to report to me all the names she 

 could recollect of the Kob-lu-nas she saw when at Ig-loo-lik. She began and con- 

 tinued thus — Paree, he Esh-e-mut-ta (captain) ; Lyon, he Esh-e-mut-ta (captain) ; 

 Par mee, he Esh-e-mut-ta-nar (mate on Lyon's ship) ; Oo-liz-e (on Parry's shii^) 

 Cro-zhar, Esh e-mut-ta-nar (mate or some ofQcer not so great as captain on Parry's 

 ship) 5 * * * Erk-tu-a says that Crozier was called Ag-loo-ka by the Innuits. Cro- 

 zier's name was given to old Ook -bar-loo's sister's son, whose name was Ag-loo-ka, 

 and Ag-loo-ka's name was given to Crozier. The Innuit Aglooka is still living, 

 but called Oo-li-zhum. 



After Erk-tu-a said this much I oijened Parry's work, " Narrative of 2ud 

 voyage for the discovery of a North West Passage," and turned to the list of 

 ofiicers &c, in the introduction to said work. I readily made out to whom " Par-me " 

 (as Erk-tu-a spoke the name) referred. Chas. Palmer was one of the lieutenants 

 on board of Lyon's ship, "Oo-liz-e" I could not make out. ***** 



Erk-tu-a said there were dogs at Igloo lili named after Crozier, and also after 

 Parry and Lyon, and so the Innuits would name dogs after me in way of respect 

 to nje, and in commemoration of one who had treated their people kindly. 

 This cojnpliment, though to many it might seem funny, is one that touched my 

 heart. * ♦ # 



Relative to Sir John Franklin's Expedition, mother Ook-barloo says (very 

 reservedly — in a way of letting me know of a matter that is a great secret among 

 the Innuits) "that two annatkos (conjurors) of Neitchille ankooted so nuich, that 

 in) animal, no game whatsoever would go near the locality of the two ships, which 



