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him, and returned home, with great report that he was cast away." Frobisher, nev- 

 ertheless, went on alone with the Gabriel, and after encountering much severe weath- 

 er, entered the water which he called "Frobisher Strait," now to be known by the 

 name of Frobisher Bay. He shortly after had interviews with the natives, several 

 of whom came on board his vessel. The mariners, trusting them, began to hold open 

 intercourse with the people, and a party of five went on shore in a boat ; these were 

 captured by the natives, and the captain could get no intelligence of them during the 

 remainder of the time he spent there. Frobisher then turned his attention to ob- 

 taining some tokens of his voyage to carry back with him to England. He lured one 

 of the native men on board, and took him off with him. " Whereupon," says Hak- 

 luyt, 1 ' when he found himself in captivity, for very choler and disdaine he bit his 

 tongue in twaine within his mouth ; notwithstanding, he died not thereof, but lived 

 till he came in England, and then he died of cold which he had taken at sea." 



Frobisher reached England, on his return, early in October of that year. Among 

 the relics and tokens he brought home with him was one piece of black stone, of 

 great weight, "much like to a sea cole in colour." This, being accidentally put in 

 the fire, presented an appearance something like gold. Certain refiners of London 

 expressed the opinion that the specimen submitted to them contained gold, and a 

 second expedition was quickly set on foot. This expedition was, as Hakluyt says, 

 ' ' for the searching more of this golde ore than for the searching any further discov- 

 ery of the passage." 



On the 31st of May, 1577, Frobisher set sail on his second voyage, having three 

 vessels — the Hyde, of two hundred tons ; the Gabriel, and the Michael — and in due 

 time again entered Frobisher Bay. On the 19th of July he went ashore with a large 

 company of his officers and men, and ascended a high hill, which, with much cere- 

 mony, he named Mount Warwick. Two of the Englishmen then had an interview 

 with two of the natives, a great crowd of whom had collected to view the strange 

 spectacle exhibited before them. This interview resulted in trading to a considera- 

 ble extent. Shortly afterward, Frobisher went with the master of his vessel to hold 

 an interview with two others of the natives, meaning to seize them and carry them 

 on board his vessel, intending to dismiss one with many presents, and to retain the 

 other as an interpreter. They made the attempt at capture as agreed upon, but 

 their feet slipped on the snow, and the natives escaped from their grasp ; thereupon 

 turning and attacking the two Englishmen, slightly wounding Frobisher. Some of 

 the ship's company, coming to the others' assistance, captured one of the natives and 

 carried him on board. 



On the 26th of July, what was thought to be a very rich mine of ore was discover- 

 ed in the Countess of Warwick's Sound, and twenty tons of it were got together. On 

 one of the islands in Bear Sound a tomb was found with a white man's bones in it. 

 The captive native, being interrogated by signs, declared that the man had not been 

 killed by the Innuits, but by wolves. In the latter part of July, various portions of 

 the clothing of the missing five men of the first expedition were found in York Sound. 

 The finding of the clothes gave hope that the men were yet alive, and a note was 

 written and left where the relics were discovered. These things having been report- 

 ed to the others, an expedition was made to the point indicated. When the place 

 was reached, however, all vestiges had disappeared, having clearly been taken away 

 by the natives. The expedition penetrated farther from the shore, and soon came 

 upon a village of tents, the inhabitants of which/to the number of sixteen or eight- 

 een, put to sea in a boat. Being then hardly pressed, the natives went again ashore 

 on a point in York Sound, where they were attacked by the English. In the fight 

 Avhich ensued five or six of the natives were killed, most of the rest escaping. The 



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