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inoniiiii;". Tliev also informed me, that Mr. Lueas 

 had hiiided long before they did; and came ott' 

 for this jjlace on foot; not being able to row 

 against the wind. 1 inmiediateh' ordered a large 

 tire to ))e made on the top of Batter}^ Hill, and 

 gims to be tired frequently; being certain, that 

 he must have quitted the river side, and lost him- 

 self in the woods. 



Fridaij, October 5, 1770. At five o'clock this 

 morning ]\Ir. Lucas, with one of his men (Obrien, 

 the smith, who is husliand to my servant-maid) 

 having discovered the tire, found their way here; 

 after havmg wandered about in the woods all 

 night. 



^Ir. Lucas infonned me, that after he had 

 cruised along the coast, some distance to the north- 

 ward; he, at length, had the good fortune to dis- 

 cover one of the Esquimaux settlements, called 

 Auchbucktoke; where he had purchased a small 

 quantity of whalebone, and a few young seal 

 skins; and that he had prevailed upon the 

 chief of that tribe, together with his family, 

 to accompany him hither; and to winter near 

 me: in order, to give me an opportunity, <»f 

 laymg a foundation for a friendly intercourse with 

 them. 



The cliicf's name is Attuiock, and his family 

 consists of two wives, three young children, a 

 brother, a nephew, and a maid-servant. 



At nine o'clock, Attniock, Tooklavinin, his 

 brothel-, a yonih aboni seventeen yeai's of age; 

 and Etniock, tlie nepliew, a youlli of lif'leeii; came 



