WE MEET THE CHURCHES 
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told him that perhaps we could get some dogs, or 
even persuade some of the Eskimo to travel along 
with us. 
We could now make out that the objects ahead 
of us were human beings and that they were run¬ 
ning about, apparently very much excited by our 
approach. Kataktovick hung back near the dogs. 
At length I said, “You drive the dogs now and I 
will go ahead.” He did so with evident relief and 
so we went on until I was within ten yards of the 
Eskimo. Then I put out my hand and walked 
towards them, saying in English, “How do you 
do?” They immediately rushed towards us and 
grasped us each warmly by the hand, jabbering 
away in great excitement. I could understand 
nothing of what they were saying, nor could Katak¬ 
tovick. I tried to make them understand who 
we were and where we had come from but they were 
as ignorant of my language as I was of theirs. 
There could be no doubt, however, that they were 
glad to see us and eager to show their hospitality, 
for the first thing we knew they had unharnessed 
our dogs and were feeding them, had taken our 
sledge into the outer part of their house and put it, 
with everything still on it, up on a kind of scaffold 
where it would be away from the dogs and shel¬ 
tered from the weather. Then an old woman 
caught me by the arm and pushed me into the 
