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he appeared to be, what I always found him, a remarkably mod- 

 est and unassuming man. From what I was then informed, he 

 was quick to learn, and always endeavored to do as other people 

 did. He never expressed surprise at any thing. He looked upon 

 the works of civilization with interest, but never with wonder. 

 The first time he saw a locomotive no words escaped his lips, nor 

 did he exhibit any signs but what were consistent with the idea 

 of his having seen the same a thousand times before. One day, 

 while riding in the cars toward New York, a boy passed through 

 distributing circulars, giving one to Kudlago. He took it, look- 

 ing attentively to see what others might do, and then, as they did, 

 so, to all appearance, did he ! Others held the circulars up before 

 them and read. Kudlago held his up before his eyes and ap- 

 peared to read. Though he could not read a word, yet he looked 

 learned. Solomon may have been wiser, but surely not sharper 

 than Kudlago. 



KUD-LA-GO. 



On securing his services as my interpreter, I was in hopes that 

 he would long remain with me ; but, though apparently in good 

 health on leaving New London, the fogs we encountered when 

 crossing the Banks of Newfoundland gave him a severe cold, and, 

 though every attention was paid to him, he was evidently failing 

 very fast. One day we shot an eider-duck, and lowered a boat 

 to get it, purposely that Kudlago might have a generous meal 

 in his accustomed way. The bird was skinned and carried to the 

 poor sick Esquimaux, who dissected it at once, eating only the 

 heart and liver, both raw. He seemed to relish it greatly, but 



