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ESQUIMAUX. 



size, made of the same material. Their stature 

 was low, like that of the wife of the Esquimaux 

 at the tent who was not five feet in height. They 

 were all very broad set, with remarkably small 

 eyes, low foreheads, and of a very fine bronze 

 complexion. A few of the men however were 

 nearly six feet in stature, and of a strong robust 

 make. As soon as they had bartered the arti- 

 cles which they brought with them for those 

 they requested in return, which were guns, am- 

 munition, beads, and blankets principally, they 

 were informed that I had travelled a long way 

 to see them, and to have some talk with them. 



The next day, they gathered round me, and 

 with Augustus and an interpreter, I was 

 enabled to make the object of my visit to them 

 well understood. I told them that I came very 

 far across the great lake, because I loved the 

 Esquimaux ; that there were very many in my 

 country who loved them also, and would be 

 pleased to hear that I had seen them. I spoke 

 true. I did not come to their country, thinking 

 it was better than mine, nor to make house 

 and trade with them, but to enquire, and they 

 must speak true, if they would like white man 

 to make house and live amongst them, to 

 teach their children white man's knowledge, 

 and of the Great and Good Spirit who made 



