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had requested me to prevail upon the Esquimaux to 

 receive them in a friendly manner ; to which he re- 

 plied, he should rejoice to see an end put to the hos- 

 tility that existed between the nations, and, therefore, 

 would most gladly welcome our companions. Having 

 despatched Adam to inform Akaitcho of this circum- 

 stance, we left Terragannceuck, in the hope that his 

 party would rejoin him ; but as we had doubts whe- 

 ther the young men would venture upon coming to 

 our tents, on the old man's bare representation, we 

 sent Augustus and Junius back in the evening, to re- 

 main with him until they came, that they might fully 

 detail to them our intentions. 



The countenance of Terregannceuck was oval, with 

 a sufficiently prominent nose, and had nothing very 

 different from an European face, except in the small- 



of his eyes, and, perhaps, in the narrowm 

 his forehead. His complexion was very fresh and red, 

 and he had a longer beard than 1 have hitherto seeo 

 on any of the Aboriginal inhabitants of America. Ii 

 was between two and three inches long, and perfectlj 

 white. J lis face was nottattoed. His dress consisted 

 of a shirt, or jacket with a hood, wide breeches, reai h- 

 ing only to the knee, and tighl leggins sewed to the 

 . all ofdeers' skins. The Boles of the shoes were 



Of seal-skin, and Stuffed with feathers instead of 



socks. He was benl with age, but appeared about 



