to lioat Extreme, where he i>arted from them August (i, so that his 

 whole intercourse with them was e<intined to less than a week.^ 



The next white men who landed at Point Barrow were the party in 

 the Phii-vr's boats, under Lieuts. Pulleii and Hooper, on their way to the 

 Mackenzie, and tlie eiew of Mr. Slieddon's yaelit, the Xiniri/ />r((CSOW, in 

 the summer of l.sp.i. The boats were from .Inly 'J'J to August .'5 getting 

 from f'ajie Smyth past Point I'.arrow, when the crews were ashore for a 

 collide of days and did a little trading with the natives, wliom they 

 found very friendly. They afterwards had one or two skirmishes with 

 evil-disposed parties of NuwOfimiun returning from the east in the neigh- 

 borhood of Return Reef. The exploring ships Enterprise and Tnvesti- 

 (/rtfdj- also had casual meetings with the natives, wlio received tobacco, 

 etc., from the ships. 



The depot ship I'lorrr. Commander .Magiiire, spent the winters of 



1852-'53 and 1853-'54 at I'oint I'.arrow, and tl Iliecis and crew, after 



some misunderstandings and skirmishes, estalilislied very fiiemlly and 

 .sociable relations with the natives. The only imblished accounts of the 

 Fhinr'n stay at I'oint Marrow are Commander Maguire's ofhcial reports, 

 published in the I'ailiameutary Reports (Blue Rooks) for 1804, pp. 

 1(;.")-1.S,"., and ls.V>, iiji. ".I(l."( et seip, and Dr. Simjison's paper, already 

 mentioned. Maguire's report ol' tiie tirst winter's proceedings is also 

 published as an appendix to Slierard ( )sboriieV •'Discovery of the North- 

 west Passage." 



We found that the elder natives remembered :Maguirc, whom they 

 called "Magwa," very well. They gave us the names of many of hisx>eo- 

 ple and a very correct account of the most iniiiortant proceedings, though 

 they did not make it clear that the death of the man mentioned in his 

 report was accidental. Tiiey described •■:\Iagwa"as short and fat, with 

 a very thick neck, and all seemed very iiiiieh impressed with the height 

 of his tirst lieutenant, "Epi'ana" ( W'riMit,) who had "lots of guns." 



It was difdcult to see that the Plover^s visit had exerted any perma- 

 nent intliience on these people. In fact, Dr. Simpson's account of their 

 habits and customs would serve veiy well for the present time, except 



' Op. cit., p. 204. ' Narrative, pp. 146-168. 



