THE POLE! 
from the time we left the ship. Without 
exaggeration, I can say that we had both 
saved each other's hves more than once, but 
it had all gone in as part of the day's work, 
and neither of us dwelt on our obligations to 
the other. 
My other boy, Ooqueah, was a young man 
of about nineteen or twenty, very sturdy and 
stocky of build, and with an open, honest 
countenance, a smile that was "child-like and 
bland," and a character that was child-like and 
bland. It was alleged that the efforts of 
young Ooqueah were spurred on by the shafts 
of love, and that it was in the hopes of winning 
the hand of the demure Miss Anadore, the 
charming daughter of Ikwah, the first Es- 
quimo of Commander Peary's acquaintance, 
that he worked so valiantly. His efforts 
were of an ardent character, but it was not 
due to the ardor of love, as far as I could 
see, but to his desire to please and his anxiety 
to win the promised rewards that would raise 
him to the gi^ade of a millionaire, according to 
Esquimo standards. 
Commander Peary's boy, Egingwah, was 
the brother of my boy Ootah, also married and 
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