MY CAMPING EXPERIENCE IN TOOKTOO VALLEY 1 69 



I am afraid this lovely weather will not last much longer ; but 

 e\en if it rains I believe I can be as comfortable in the tent as 

 here at RedclifTe. 



Kyo came in to-night and had a long talk with the doctor 

 about the doctor's threatening to shoot the huskies. He is 

 very much frightened at the doctor's carrying the revolver. 

 What added to his fright was that we opened the side win- 

 dow this afternoon, Kyo immediately concluding that we in- 

 tended to fire on the natives from it. I am more than ever 

 convinced that there was nothing in Matt's " overheard con- 

 versation," and it is certain that all the Eskimos are badly 

 frightened at the display of firearms. Kyo said the doctor 

 might shoot the others, but the bullets would not hurt him ; 

 that the " kokoyah " (evil .spirit) was kind to him, and he 

 would never die. But if the white man killed the Innuits 

 the kokoyah would, at Kyo's command, " shad-a-go " (de- 

 stroy) their vessel, and they would all die. Finally peace was 

 declared, and Kyo brought over his sealskin float, for which 

 he wanted wood to make the ring of his kayak. I am sorry 

 for this episode, which has brought about an unpleasantness 

 with the natives. 



Wednesday, July 13. At 2.30 this afternoon, in company 

 with Dr. Cook, I left RedclifTe on my fifteen-mile walk to the 

 head of the bay, which we reached at eight o'clock. Matt 

 and Ikwa, who had preceded us, had a terrible time in getting 

 through. Half the time they were in water above their waists, 

 and occasionally they were obliged to float themselves over on 



