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quence if the angeko had found a knife ; he replied that he — the 

 angeko — would have stabbed himself in the breast. 



On April 22d we broke up our encampment, all the Innuits, 

 with the exception of Toolookaah's family, being about removing 

 up Frobisher Bay. Two families, including Petato, Kopeo, Oo- 

 sookarlo, with the wives and children of the two men, were to 

 go with me one day's journey at least. Old Toolookaah, who 

 was to remain behind, wore a sorrowful face on account of my 

 departure. I find in my diary the following record: "This .no- 

 ble, free-hearted Innuit loves me, I do believe ; I know that I love 

 him. We have now been acquainted more than a year ; have 

 voyaged together, have shared perils of storms and the glory of 

 sunshine, have feasted together, slept beneath the same tupic, 

 have been, as it were, father and son. Successful be his sealing, 

 his tuktoo hunts, and his conflicts with the polar bear — the lion 

 of the North ; and, at last, peace and glory to his noble soul. 

 When all were ready for a start this morning, this old Innuit ac- 

 companied me from the island some distance on the ice. At last 

 we locked hands, and, with prolonged " terboueties," tears start- 

 ing in his eyes and rolling down his iron-ribbed face, we parted, 

 probably never to meet again on earth." 



Throughout our day's journey there was a continuous gale, 

 with snow-drift closing all from our view ; but we finally reached 

 our next encampment, on a small island above Kikitukjua, at 

 4 30 P.M., having gone nearly nine miles. 



The following day we parted with Petato and my other Innuit 

 friends, and proceeded some five or six miles direct toward Kin- 

 gaite coast, making our ninth encampment* on the main ice clear 

 of land. 



We were obliged to remain here encamped for ten days, the 

 desperate struggle being to get enough to sustain life. My hunt- 

 ers and sealers, Sharkey and Koojesse, went down every fair day 

 a distance of five miles to the open water, where were white 

 whales, seals, and ducks in abundance, but they were then all so 

 shy that it was impossible to approach them within killing dis- 

 tance. That they might be successful was our earnest wish, for 

 we were living mostly on dog food — how — that is, walrus hide 

 with hair on. Besides, we had no oil for the lamp, and without 

 the lamp we were unable to obtain fresh water. 



* The ninth encampment was in lat. 62° 51' N., long. 66° 40' W., due east of 

 Gabriel's Island, and midway of it and Kingaite coast. (See Chart.) 



