448 Thirty Yeurs 
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young men, who had been hunting, and who after- 
wards sent their wives to bring us a part of the spoils 
of their chase, They remained near the tents the 
greater part of the night, and testified their delight by 
dancing and singing. Anold woman, whose hair was 
silvered by age, made a prominent figure in these 
exhibitions. 
The information we obtained from them confirmed 
that which we had received from the last party, name- 
ly, that they procure the iron, knives, and beads, 
Monday through two channels, but principally from a 
party of Esquimaux who reside a great distance to 
the westward, and to meet whom they send their 
young men every spring with furs, seal-skins, and oil, 
-to exchange for those articles; and also from the In- 
dians who come every year from the interior. to trade 
with them by a river that was directly opposite our 
encampment ; which I have, therefore, named. the — 
Mountain Indian River. These Indians leave their 
families and canoes at two days’ march from the mouth 
of the river, and the men come alone, bringing no 
more goods than they intend to barter. They were 
represented to be tall stout men, clothed in deer-skins, 
and speaking a language very dissimilar to their own. 
They also said that the Esquimaux to the westward, 
speak a dialect so different from tneirs, that at the 
first opening of the communication, which was so re- 
