Iii th> Arctic Regions. 471 



* white men,' amounti nth- 



ward over the ice, and dragging a boat with them, !•; I »qni- 



maux, who were killing seals near t] 8 Dg N\* II- 



liain's Land, which \£ B large island. None of the pai 

 speak the Esquimau* language intelligibly, bu1 by sign* the nal 



made to understand that their ship, or sliij >-. had been cm 

 by ice; and thai they were nqn ■■ they expected to 



find di From the appearanoe of the men, all of whom 



■ one officer, looked thin, they were then supposed to lie- i 



norl of provisions, and purchased a small seal from the na- 

 \ .1 later date the same season, bnl previous to the break- ■ 

 ing up of the ice, the bodies of Borne thirty persona were discover) d 

 on the continent, and five on an island near it, about a long di 

 journey to the N.W. of a m, which can benootherthan 



B River (named by the Esquimau Doot-ko-hi- 



calik), a~ its description, and that of the low shore in theneighbor- 



h I of Poinl Ogle and Montreal Island, sctlywith tliat 



Back. E me of the bo li - had been buried (prob- 

 ably those of tb of (amine), some were in a tent or 



tents, others nnder the boat, whicb had been turned over to forma 

 Bhelter, and several lay scattered abotri in directional Of 



found mi tb ' island one was supposed to nave been an offli 

 as he had a telescope strapped over his Bhoulders, and his double- 

 barrelled gun lay underneath him. 

 •■ From the mutilated Btate of many of tl . and the eon- 



■ la evident thai our wretched countrymen had 



driven to ' ; pro- 



•• 'l"h re a] p an d to d an abun ! if ammuniti 



powder was emptied in a heap on ' I by the nal 



out of the kegs or cases containing it ; and a quantity of ball and 

 phot was found below high-water mark, ha . left 



