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children), Tookymingwah, wile of Kookoo, ami Tungvviiigwah, 

 wife of Kulutinywah. When they had grasped the idea that 

 I was about to present them with these things they fairly 

 danced with joy, shouting to their husbands, and laughing and 

 talking with each other. I took care that Mane and M'gipsu, 

 who had been with us constantly sewing and curing skins, 

 should have the more desirable articles, while the others 

 shared equally. After the distribution the professor, with a 

 few members of his party, rowed ofT to the " Kite," and in 

 a short time returned with their boat laden with pots, kettles, 

 knives, scissors, thimbles, and needles for the women, and long 

 ash-poles, timber cut suitable for kayaks, lances, saws, gimlets, 

 knives, etc. — in fact, everything in the hardware and lumber 

 line that could be of any possible use to the men. Then all 

 the natives were collected on the beach and the different 



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