BLIND GEORGE AND HIS DAUGHTER KOOKOOYER. 259 



After staying on the summit nearly an hour, I descended, and 

 found a substantial Innuit breakfast of walrus-meat and soup 

 ready for me. This breakfast had been prepared by Oonga, wife 

 of Esheeloo, both of whom shared Annawa's igloo. This igloo of 

 Annawa's was adorned on the exterior with a score of walrus 

 skulls and tusks. The family had lived here, as I have already 

 mentioned, for some time alone, but latterly their privacy had 

 been much invaded by some of the ship's company, and by sev- 

 eral Innuits from the North Star and upper villages. Among 

 * these latter I recognized Miner, with his wife Tweroong, and Ar- 

 tarkparu, brother of Annawa. There was also Puto, the mother 

 of that Anglo-Saxon child before referred to; and Paulooyer 

 (Blind George), whom I noticed facing the sun, as was his way 



BLIND GEOKGE AND HIS DAUGHTEB. 



when it shines. He immediately recognized my voice, and glad- 

 ly greeted me when I hailed him. These, and many more, were 

 domiciled in some half dozen igloos built near Annawa's ; but 

 there was also another village, called Twer-jmh-ju-a, where several 

 Innuits resided, and to this, after breakfast, I bent my way, tak- 

 ing Koojesse with me. - 



Before starting, I delivered every thing I had, as was custom- 



