CHAPTER XII. 
THE ESQUIMAUX OP GREENLAND-CHANGE OF CHARACTER-LA¬ 
BORS OP THE MISSIONARIES-NoLUK-THE OMINAKS-PINGEIAK. 
AND JENS — THE ANGEKOKS — HUSUTOKS — THE IMNAPOK — THE 
DECREE. 
Some thirty years ago the small-pox found its way 
among the natives of the upper coast, and most of 
those who escaped or survived its ravages sought the 
protection of the colony. Others followed from the 
more inland regions; and now there is not an Esqui¬ 
maux, from the Great Glaciers of Melville Bay down 
to Upernavik, who does not claim fellowship in that 
community. 
We found traces of their former haunts much far¬ 
ther north than they appear to have been noticed by 
others; some of such a character as to indicate for 
them a tolerably recent date. I have already men¬ 
tioned the deserted huts which we came upon in Shoal- 
Water Cove, in lat. 78° 27', and the stone fox-traps 
upon the rocks near them. Other huts, evidently ol 
Esquimaux construction, but very ancient, were found 
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