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gun, but he would not accept it, for he was afraid of it, he did uot know any- 

 thing about how to use it. Crozier gave him his long knife (sword, as Too-koo-li-too 

 and Ebierbing interpret it) and nearly everything he had. He (C.) had many 

 pretty things. Crozier told Too-shoo-ar-thar-i-u all about what had happened, but 

 he could not understand all. This cousin is now alive, and knows all what he 

 saw and what Crozier told him. 



The story now is, that Crozier with his two men and a Neitch-il-le Innuit 

 started from Keiteh-il le — started in the summer or fall — for the Kob-lu-nas' coun- 

 try, traveling to the southward on the land. They had a small boat that had 

 places on the sides that would hold wind (air) (Ebierbing said to me.) From their 

 (our informers') description, the boat must have been an India rubber one, or 

 something like it, with hollow places in the sides for wind (air) to hold it up 

 when in the water. (By this it would seem that Franklin must have had in his 

 vessels a boat or boats called Halkett's air-boats, or its equivalent. But I do not 

 recollect of ever reading or hearing about this particular; however, I believe 

 that he (Franklin) must have had something of this kind aboard his ship.) 

 There were sticks or holes for this boat, to keep it open (spread) when needed. 



This small boat was wrapped or rolled up in a bundle or pack, and carried 

 on the shoulder of one of his men. The sides of this boat, something like Innuits' 

 " drugs " that could be filled with air. # * * 



" In-nook-poosh-ee-jook is the name of an Innuit who went with others of his 

 people aboard of Ag-loo-ka's ship after the Neitchille Innuits heard that the Kob- 

 lu-nas had all left it. This was while Ag-loo-ka and his three men were living on 

 the ice in an igloo with her nephew. In-nook-poosh-ee-jook and his companions got 

 at that time a great many things, out of the ship. This Innuit often visited I-wil- 

 lik (Eepulse Bay). 



At 11 a. m. Old mother Ouk-bar-loo came in, bringing a long, thick slab of 

 powdered walrus ook-sook (blubber) for our fire-lamp. I proceeded to ask her 

 about the interview she had with In-nook-poosh-ee-jook. Ook-bar-loo said : He 

 told her how he, his father, wife, and children, and other Innuits, went to a big tent, 

 and there saw starved and frozen Kob-lu-nas all dead, many with the flesh all cut 

 oft' from the bones— the head and necks all whole. Around the necks of several 

 were strings of beads. These the Innuits took, besides many tin canisters, cups, 

 knives, and other things. After this, these same parties with others, visited the 

 ship or ships (the old lady could not recollect whether there was one or two), and 

 got a great many things and carried them ashore. No one was on board the ship 

 when these Innuits went to it. No Kob-lu-na's dead body was about the ship. 



