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what to them would have been fabulous wealth, but to 
no purpose. There they were with all their belongings 
on their way to the westward, and westward they were 
determined to go. 
The Eskimos in turn expressed surprise at finding 
two solitary white men upon such a lonely, barren 
island, and not unnaturally asked, “Nowtimee ibbee 
kyette?” (Where do you come from?) I replied, “ Uvagut 
kyette tellipea washigtooeloo townonee koog-du-ak” (We 
come from the west very far, downa great river). We 
were then asked if we had seen any more of their 
people, and replied, “ Uvagut tacko-namee hipunga 
Enuit coonetookeloo manee tacko Enuit amasurt wash- 
igtoo tellipea iglooanne attowsha sissell ungayo.” (We 
have seen no other &skimos near here, but saw plenty 
far to the westward beyond the first big lake). They 
informed us that another large boat-load of their people 
had gone up from the coast on the previous day, and 
were surprised that we had not seen them. Though we 
were not able to purchase or charter the boat from the 
natives, we obtained much valuable information and a 
sketch-map of the coast of the Bay from the mouth of 
the Inlet down to Fort Churchill. After a brief stay 
they returned to their boat and we to the rocky hills, 
upon the other side of which our party awaited our re- 
turn. ‘The wind still continued to blow too strongly to 
admit of travelling by canoe, so we went back again 
and spent the rest of the day on the hills. : 
Next morning we were up early. The wind had 
fallen somewhat and the canoes were soon launched. We 
managed to travel until after eleven o'clock, when, be- 
cause of the high wind and rough water, we were again 
