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from Grinnell peninsula, pass north along the west side of Amadjuak 
lake, strike off to the northwest, turn south into Foxe land, and finally 
again approach the sea in early winter. 
The following notes were recorded by F. Milton, formerly post-manager, 
Hudson’s Bay Company, at Amadjuak bay: 
“May 22, 1921. Caribou plentiful around Mingo and McGee lakes. 
“ 25, 1921. Reindeer fawns, twelve in number; this is about a month earlier than 
caribou. 
August 30, 1922. Caribou fairly plentiful at Amadjuak lake. 
October 16, 1922. Natives from inland report general scarcity of caribou. 
May 21, 1923. Caribou tolerably common at McGee lake. 
August 21, 1923. Caribou scarce in the region. 
September 24, 1923. Caribou very scarce inland. 
November 16, 1923. Good sign of caribou inland. 
February 22, 1924. Caribou plentiful at Amadjuak lake. 
March 20, 1924. Caribou sign at McGee lake. 
March 21, 1924. Six caribou observed near McGee lake. 
February 20, 1925. Band of fourteen caribou observed inland. 
August (late) 1925. Numerous caribou on the south coast of Amadjuak lake east of 
Mingo river.” 
In late February, 1925, caribou were reported to be plentiful two days 
travel inland from Lake harbour. 
Caribou formerly occurred in fair numbers in Cape Dorset district, 
but are now found only at a considerable distance north and northeast. 
Kumlien (1879, p. 54) writes: 
“The reindeer are found in considerable numbers on both sides of Cumberland sound, 
but by far the greater number on the western shore .... Within the last few years they 
are reported as less common on the Penny peninsula; but I hear of no apparent diminution 
of their numbers to the west and southwest, especially toward lake Kennedy (NettilLing 
lake), where they are reported as very abundant.” 
J. T. Lavoie (1912, pp. 101-103) reports nine caribou taken by his 
party, April 27, 1911, on the north shore of Fury and Hecla strait. On 
April 30, near Whyte inlet, they passed several herds. Hantzsch (1913, 
pp. 144-149) reported caribou to have been unusually plentiful during the 
winter of 1909-10 in the vicinity of Blacklead island, Cumberland sound. 
Very many caribou were observed and killed by Hantzsch on his trip to 
Nettilling lake in the spring of 1910, and he saw many in June in Isoa 
region. He reports them to have been common at Tikerakdjuak in July. 
During August and September, while on the west coast of Nettilling lake, 
he observed many, but usually singly or in very small bands. In October 
small bands were seen near Foxe basin. During November and December, 
at the winter camp near Koukdjitariak river, trails were rare and not a single 
animal was taken. Hantzsch remarks that his Eskimo party in making 
a trip from the winter camp to Koukjuak river and return, in the first 
half of December, failed to see a single trail. In January and February, 
1911, caribou were entirely absent. On March 5, the first fresh trails of 
the spring were encountered some distance north of Koukdjitariak river. 
During March numerous trails and small bands were observed, becoming 
more numerous in early April. (See Hantzsch, 1913, pp. 144-149; also 
Rosenmuller, 1913, pp. 692, 702, 712.) From the foregoing it will be 
observed that Hantzsch’s experience in regard to the caribou of the interior, 
corresponds with that of the writer in 1925 and 1926. 
Tremblay (1921, pp. 141, 248) found caribou in fair numbers on 
March 11, 1913, at the southern end of Admiralty inlet. On June 30, 
he saw a band of seven caribou on the western shore of Eclipse sound. 
