20 THE LAST VOYAGE OF THE KARLUK 
had left with his mother; and John Hadley, a man 
between fifty-five and sixty years old, who for a long 
time had been in charge of the whaling station at 
Cape Smythe owned by Mr. Charles Brower, the 
proprietor of the store at Point Barrow. Mr. 
Hadley had resigned his position to go east to 
Banks Land and establish a trading-station of his 
own, chiefly to get foxskins by barter with the 
Eskimo. As we were on our way to Herschel 
Island, now was Mr. Hadley’s chance to get to his 
destination, for at Herschel Island he could be 
transferred to the Mary Sachs or the Alaska , when 
they reached there, and so go east in the direction 
of Banks Land with the southern party. In the 
sequel Mr. Hadley, who, as I have already men¬ 
tioned was put on the ship’s articles as carpenter, 
proved a very valuable addition to the party, but 
he did not get to Banks Land. 
While we were at Cape Smythe, the white dog- 
driver who had accompanied us from Port Clar¬ 
ence asked for his discharge and went on shore. 
We sent our mail ashore to be taken to Point Bar- 
row. As a result of our trading with the Eskimo 
here we obtained altogether three skin-boats, two 
kayaks and a number of sealskins for boot-soles. 
The Eskimo Kerdrillo brought his three dogs to 
add to our own. 
There is a wide difference between the skin-boat 
