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j)laciiig stones aroiind aiifl over them; the remains facing upward, and the hands 

 had been folded in a very precise manner across the breasts of botli ; clotlies all 

 on ; tiesh all on the bones. On the back of each a suspended knife found. The 

 bodies perfect wh«n found, but the Innuits having left the remains unburied, after 

 unearthing them, the foxes have eaten meat and sinews all off the bones. A tent- 

 ing-place of the whites close by where these two men were buried. Many nee- 

 dles and one nail found by the Innuits at this tenting-place. 



These remains found the same spring as those of this island, Kee-u-na. 

 There being nothing for the subsistence of any living thing on the isle, it is there- 

 fore called Kee-u-na. 



The boat on the west side of the inlet — ^that is, west side of Point Eichard- 

 son — was found same season of same year as remains at Kee-u-na. A keg of pow- 

 der found at the boat, and much of contents emptied on the ground ; a gun or two 

 found there. The nature and use of these things not known to Innuits till they 

 saw Dr. Eae in 1854 at Pelly Bay. Poo-yet-ta had seen guns of Ag-loo-ka when 

 at Neitchille, but did not know the nature of the black sand stuff (powder). An 

 igloo was blown to atoms by a little son of Poo-yet-ta and another lad, who were 

 afterward playing with the powder canister having some of the black stuff in it. 

 They dropped some fire into the canister through the vent or opening; their faces 

 were awfully burned and blackened with the explosion ; no one was kiUed, but 

 the igloo completely demolished. The grave and remains were in same perfect 

 methodical state when found as those at the two at the mouth of Pefifer River. 

 This grave on King William's Land about due north of Kee-u-na. The body dug 

 up and left unburied by the Innuits. This white man was very large and tall, 

 and by the state of gums and teeth was terribly sick, (bad state), as In-nook-poo- 

 zhee-jook described. 



III. — TALK IN AN IGLOO ON TODD'S ISLAND, MAY 14, 1869. 



Now, noon and the wife of Tiik-pee-too present in our igloo at my request, 

 having understood that she has seen some of the skeleton-bones of the five men who 

 died on this island, Kee-u-na (Todd's Isle) ; her name, E-vee-shuk. I now, with 

 Jack's assistance as interpreter, ask her two questions : Did you see anything of 

 the men who died on this island ? Answer. She has seen five skulls of the white 

 men who died a long time ago here. Did you see Too-loo-ark? Answer. Saw the 

 bodies of four white men in one place on the island, and of Too-loo-ark a little 

 way from the four. When she first saw them flesh and clothing on all the men ; 

 the bodies entire ; and after making tupiks near, the dogs devoured much of the 



