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soon reconciled after the demonstrations of 

 kindness the Indians made, in cutting off 

 the buttons from their dress to present to 

 him. 



July 17. — We waited all this forenoon in 

 momentary expectation of the return of 

 Augustus and Junius, but as they did not 

 appear at two P.M., I sent Mr. Hood with 

 a party of men, to inquire into the cause of 

 their detention, and to bring the meat which 

 Terregannceuck had promised us. He re- 

 turned at midnight with the information, 

 that none of the Esquimaux had yet ven- 

 tured to come near Terregannceuck except 

 his aged wife, who had concealed herself 

 amongst the rocks at our first interview; 

 and she told him the rest of the party had 

 gone to a river, a short distance to the west- 

 ward, where there was another party of 

 Esquimaux fishing. Augustus and Junius 

 had erected the tent, and done every thing 

 in their power to make the old man com- 

 fortable in their absence. Terregannceuck, 

 being unable to walk to the place where the 

 meat was concealed, readily pointed the 



