ACROSS THE SUB-ARCTICS OF CANADA 



no doubt, taken to be those of the " Ik-kil-lin " (the Indians) 

 from the south — ^their hereditary enemies — so they expected 

 nothing good from our coming. 



Our own men, recalling to mind the stories of the " savage 

 Eskimos who would undoubtedly eat them," were scarcely less 

 fearful than the solitary native, who, as we drew nearer, was 

 observed through our glasses to be nervous and trembling. 

 As soon as we had approached to within calling distance, I 

 stood up in my canoe and shouted, " Chimo ! chimo ! cudloona 

 ■uvagut peeaweunga tacJco Innuit" (Hallo! hallo! we are 



ESKIMO LODGE, DUBAWNT RIVER. 



v^rhite men, glad to see the Eskimos). Before my words were 

 iinished the doorway of the topick was torn open, and with 

 great rejoicing and excited gestures all the inmates scrambled 

 •out to meet us at the shore as we landed. 



The Eskimo himself was a tall, well-built, stalwart man, 

 -with a shrewd, intelligent face, and wore the pleasant, charac- 

 teristic grin of his race. With him were his two wives and 

 six children, and all joined in extending to us a hearty 

 -welcome. 



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