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lay stranded ; that it was then about the length 

 of his arm, but his countryman who picked it up 

 broke it into lengths to make knives. 



After much anxious inquiry we learned that 

 two ships had been seen by the natives of King 

 William's Island ; one of them was seen to sink 

 in deep water, and nothing was obtained from 

 her, a circumstance at which they expressed 

 much regret ; but the other was forced on shore 

 by the ice, where they suppose she still remains, 

 but is much broken. From this ship they have 

 obtained most of their wood, &c. ; and Oot- 

 loo-lik is the name of the place where she 

 grounded. 



Formerly many natives lived there, now very 

 few remain. All the natives have obtained 

 plenty of the wood. 



The most of this information was given us by 

 the young man who sold the knife. Old Oo-na- 

 lee, who drew the rough chart for me in March, 

 to show where the ship sank, now answered our 

 questions respecting the one forced on shore ; 

 not a syllable about her did he mention on the 

 former occasion, although we asked whether 

 they knew of only one ship ? I think he would 

 willingly have kept us in ignorance of a wreck 

 being upon their coasts, and that the young 

 man unwittingly made it known to us. 



