UO THE LAST VOYAGE OF THE KARLUK 
which I met with among these Chukches. All 
honor and gratitude to them! 
The new arrivals and ourselves sat in the tent 
and attempted conversation. They were sociable 
and friendly, like all the others whom we met, but 
Kataktovick, as I afterwards learned, never quite 
succeeded in conquering his misgivings. It was 
difficult to make them understand and sometimes 
I would get excited and talk in loud and emphatic 
tones. This would arouse Kataktovick’s fears and 
he would say: “You must not talk that way.” He 
was afraid they would misunderstand my earnest¬ 
ness and take offense. The same thing had hap¬ 
pened before and Kataktovick was always afraid 
of the consequences. 
On the fourteenth we had a high westerly gale. 
The men with the three dog teams got away be¬ 
fore we did. They said our dogs were slow and 
they were in a hurry. I tried to buy a dog from 
them with my binoculars but could not tempt them. 
Leaving the old man and his son in their big 
tent we left early in the morning, with the high 
wind at our backs, and made fairly good going all 
day. At noon we reached an aranga and had some 
tea. Then we went on again and about five o’clock 
came to another aranga. Near by was an empty 
tent. We entered and in a few minutes an old man 
came in from the aranga and made signs that he 
