00-KI-JOX-Y NI-NOO. 



101 



wong, sister of Ookijoxy Ninoo. By the second wife he had 

 three children, with whom we have nothing to do. But by the 

 former he had eight sons and daughters, and at length died in a 

 good old age, leaving his other wife to survive all her own chil- 

 dren except the Ugarng already named. 



The progeny of this old woman was as follows : 

 1st A daughter, that died at its birth, owing to an accidental 

 fall previously received by the mother while playing ball in the 

 spring. 



2d. A daughter, Tou-yer-nud-loon, who grew up to womanhood, 

 a large, strong woman. She married a Pim-ma-inf or chief, who 

 was considered a very smart Innuit. After many years she had 

 by him two children, and at the birth of the latter she died. The 

 infant was then allowed to die, because, as was told me, "it was 

 impossible to take care of it ;" and two or three days afterward 

 the husband also died. With regard to this woman, it was con- 

 sidered among the Innuits impossible to tell which looked oldest, 

 her mother or herself. 



Sd. A daughter, called Noo-ker-pier-ung, who was born not far 

 from Newton's Fiord, in Frobisher Bay. She married a man 

 named Oo-yung, and these were the parents of E-bier-bing, a per- 

 son who will often appear as a very important character in my 

 narrative. The mother died about 1852. 



Mi. A son, New-wer-kier-ung, who married, first, a cousin of 

 Ebierbing's wife, the intelligent Tookoolito, by which cousin he 

 had a boy; secondly, a woman called E-ker-too-kong ("Polly," as 

 we named her), by whom he had many children, who all grew 

 very fast and fat, but died young. He died before his wife, and 

 she then married a fine, bold, and — to white persons as well as 

 his own people — most kindly-disposed, humane man, christened 

 by us "Bob" — his Innuit name, King-wat-che-ung. The wife was 

 a half-sister to another good but afflicted man, called Pau-loo-yer, 

 or, as I always styled him from his loss of sight, " Blind George." 

 Of him I will speak presently. 



The fifth child of the old woman was Ugarng, whom I shall 

 bring forward in a moment. 



The sixth was a daughter, An-ner-surng, who married Mik-e- 

 lung. They had two or three children, but one of them, E-ter- 

 loong, a little boy, cross-eyed, was almost always by his grand- 

 mother's side, and was evidently regarded by her as a pet. 



The seventh child was also a daughter, Kood-loo-toon, who mar- 



