sleuc;e journey into inglefield gule 135 



About two A. M. we were abreast of another beautiful 

 glacier, a great river of ice slowly making its way from the 

 eternal inland ice to the sea. The smooth and even appearance 

 of all the glaciers, Mr. Peary told me, was due to the blanket 

 of snow which covered them. 



It took us about an hour to pass the face of the ice-sheet, 

 which in places towered above us to a height of one hundred 

 feet and more. As we rounded the southwest corner Kyo 

 sang out, " Inuits, Inuits," and, looking ahead, we saw an 

 Eskimo snow-igloo built up against the rocks on the shore. 

 Scattered about on the ice-foot lay about a dozen seals, some 

 whole, and some partially cut up ; three or four young white 

 seals, a number of sealskins, a large sledge and a small toy- 

 sledge patterned exactly like the large one, and coils of seal- 

 skin and walrus lines. In the " tochsoo," or entrance to the 

 igloo, was tied a young dog, w^ho had no idea of awakening 

 his master, for he only looked at us and gave no sound. 



In response to Kyo's shouts a man came slowly crawling 

 out, rubbing his eyes, and showing every evidence of having 

 been suddenly awakened out of a sound sleep. This proved 

 to be Kudlah, a young native whose home was at the head of 

 Inglefield Gulf, and who on a visit to Redcliffe during the 

 winter had been nicknamed by our boys " Misfortune." Kud- 

 lah had a hang- dog sort of expression. We were told that a 

 woman would only live with him a year and then leave him, 

 it being the privilege of the Eskimo maiden to return to her 

 parents' roof at the end of a year, provided there is no family, 



