In i lii Arctic Regions. 



practice, asked i acb of our Dames ; and, in reply to a 

 similar question on our part, Baid bis was Terregan- 

 nceuck, or the White Fox ; and thai his tribe denomi- 

 nated themselves Nagge-ook-tor-mceoot, or Deer Eorn 

 Esquimaux. They usually frequent the Bloody Fall 

 during this and the following moons, for the purj 

 of Baiting salmon, and then retire to a river which 

 flows into the sea, a Bhort way to the westward, (si 

 denominated Richardson's River,) and pass the win- 

 ti r in Bnow-houses. 



After this conversation, Terregannoeuck 

 going down to 1 . and we then perceived he 



was too infirm to walk without th 

 Augustus, therefore, offered him his arm, which he 

 readily acc< pted, and. on reaching his store, he distri- 

 buted ] teces of dried neat to each . which, 

 though highly tainted, were immediately eaten ; tins 

 being an universal token among the Indians of pi ace- 

 able intent i 



We then informed him of our desire to proem 



much meat as we j.ossihly could, and be told us that 



he had a large quantity concealed in the neighborhood, 

 which he would cause to be carried to us when his 

 le returned. 

 1 now communicati d to him th 

 pani< d by - I per Indians, wh 



rous to make peace with his nation, and that they 



