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and finally he fell asleep, and actually slept well ! This is strange, 

 most "passing strange;" yet it is a fact that the ankooting does 

 seemingly benefit the patient, acting as a charm. The mind be- 

 ing diverted from all thought of the clay house to something 

 above which the soul aspires to reach, makes one forgetful that 

 there is any thing like pain in his or her system. 



This people, knowing that I did not make fun of them or taunt 

 them for believing as they do, had confidence in me, therefore I 

 was a privileged one in their midst when ankooting was going 

 on. It is against their customs to have any but the family pres- 

 ent, but hitherto I have always had access to their meetings. 



Let Christians plant a colony among the western Innuits, as has 

 been done in Greenland, and in time this people will become con- 

 verts to Christianity, for that is the only true religion ; and the 

 truth, when properly presented to honest minds, will be received 

 with open hearts. 



• Jennie is not only a good angeko professionally, but also of 

 pleasing features, and would pass for handsome with many judges 

 of beauty. 



On the 1st of August the weather still continued bad, with rain 

 and mist. I was obliged to open my case of pemmican, and in 

 doing so, found under the top a card, incased in tin, reading thus : 

 " George Schlee, Cincinnati, Ohio. Farewell !" Though I am un- 

 acquainted with the person whom this name represents, yet this 

 told me that some one in the employ of H. W. Stephenson, of 

 Cincinnati — the maker and sealer up of my pemmican cans — had 

 kind thoughts and good wishes for me, though a stranger to him. 

 "Farewell" is a word of rich import from well-known friends, 

 but from a stranger, whose soul may be beating in unison for the 

 same noble cause to which one devotes his life, the word becomes 

 almost sacred to the life and heart of the adventurer. 



The next day Ebierbing still continued very sick. Several of 

 the natives took a boat and went up to the ship ; and I heard 

 that she was to remain in the bay, seeking a secure harbor higher 

 up. Later in the day I saw her under sail, but the fog soon closed 

 her from my view. 



An extract from my journal of this date (Friday, August 2) 

 runs thus : 



" This morning for breakfast cold rock pemmican. It goes 

 better this way than when made into soup. The two families al- 

 ready mentioned as members of the expedition trip I purpose to 



