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WE MUST CONQUER OR STARVE. 



leaped the walls of the igloo and came to our assistance. During 

 this melee, Henry unfortunately broke the wood portion of Koo- 

 jesse's oo-nar (seal-spear), and this enraged the Innuit to a degree 

 not easily to be described, for no instrument is constructed by the 

 natives with more care than this. 



The following day, April 17th, I made an exploring trip up 

 Beauty Bay, and on my return found that our igloo had fallen in. 

 The sun was now becoming so powerful that the upper tier of 

 the snow wall melted, and brought down the top and poles upon 

 the two women who were within, and were consequently over- 

 whelmed in the ruins. 



Next morning, April 18th, at 9 A.M., we again started, taking 

 a course direct for Gabriel's Island of Frobisher, in the main bay, 

 called by the Innuits Ki-hi-tufaju-a. Our progress was slow, ow- 

 ing to the heavy load and the poor condition of the dogs ; and at 

 noon, symptoms of a gale coming on, it was deemed advisable to 

 make for shelter. Before we could obtain it, the gale had burst 

 upon us, filling the air with the " white dust" of the country. 

 Presently we saw an Innuit in the distance approaching, and, aft- 



