CHARLES FRANCIS HALL AND THE INNUITS. 



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destroyer among them ; but we can see no reason why this should be more 

 prevalent now than it was generations ago. 



It seems that in former times there were chiefs among the Innuits, but at 

 the present time there is no trace of any thing like government among them. 

 In each community there is usually some one who, from age, personal prowess 



