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to inform him that if the Esquimaux, in accordance with 

 messages previously sent through Indians, wished to open 

 up and maintain a friendly intercourse with us, it would be 

 expected of them to respect such arrangements as we should 

 deem necessary for that purpose, one of which consisted in 

 not attempting to cross the said line. To this they at once 

 agreed and accordingly ranged themselves beyond it. A 

 small present of tobacco, a commodity of which they 

 seemed inordinately fond, having been made to each person 

 assembled, the objects of the expedition were then entered 

 into and discussed at great length, evidently to the satisfac- 

 tion of the Esquimaux, who expressed much pleasure at our 

 visit to their lands. They regretted not having been 

 apprized of our visit at an early period of last season so as 

 to have had a large collection of furs against our arrival, 

 but promised faithfully to exert themselves during the 

 ensuing winter. They also informed us that they have two 

 sources of trade — the first with their brethren to the west- 

 ward, and the other with some Indians whom they were 

 occasionally in the habit of meeting on their hunting excur- 

 sions up the river, and that the remuneration received for 

 their furs was too trifling to stimulate exertion among them, 

 although foxes were in great numbers on their lands. 



The Esquimaux of Anderson Eiver are certainly fine 

 specimens of the race — tall and well formed, active in their 

 movements, lively in their conversation, good-humored, 

 with smiling open countenances, and affable, though, it 

 must be confessed, rather troublesome in their deportment. 

 Their clothing consisted of trowsers of deerskin, with the 

 hair side next the body, shirts of the same material, and an 

 outer shirt or coat, with the hair outside, having a hood 

 fringed with the fur of the wolf or wolverine attached ; boots 

 or shoes of sealskin, water-tight and neatly made. The 

 crowns of their heads were closely cropped, and the front 

 hair in a line with the forehead. A few of them also 

 sported tolerable mustaches and imperials. The dress of 

 the women differed only in being ornamented with beads, 

 and in their having a short tail appending to the hind part 



