SLKDGE JOURNEY INTO INGLEFIELD ClULF I45 



Tahtara, the man at whose sno\v-i!_;lou I hatl spent such a 

 memorable night. He had been at RedcHffe, and was now 

 out on a seal-hunt, with a companion, named Kulutingwah, 

 who presently came dashing round with two fine-looking dogs 

 and one of our sledges. 



These dogs were the most affectionate Eskimo dogs we had 

 yet seen, and by far the prettiest. They were large, power- 

 ful-looking animals, that dragged the sledge with three natives 

 upon it through the soft snow as easily as if they had no load 

 at all. They were the first dogs we had seen who were trained 

 to obey their master's words without the aid of the whip. 

 When Kulutingwah left his sledge-team he did not have to 

 turn the sledge over and stick the upstanders into the snow to 

 keep the dogs from running away, but simply told them to stay 

 there, and with a low, deep growl they would stretch them- 

 selves upon the snow and remain perfectly quiet until his re- 

 turn, in spite of the tempting pieces of seal meat which might 

 be lying around in their vicinity. 



After restowing our sledges we started homeward. Our 

 dogs, like horses at home, seemed to smell the stable, and 

 broke into a brisk trot, which they kept up until we reached 

 Redcliffe, at nine in the evening, Sunday, April 24. 



Dr. Cook, who had been left in charge, had done good work 

 during our absence of a week. Quite a number of natives from 

 Netchiolumy, Keati, and the snow village had arrived, and 

 among them an unusual number of lady visitors, all willing 

 to sew for the " Americans " for the small consideration of 



