AT ETAH 
were landed. A very large supply of meat 
was landed also; in addition to the meat quite 
a number of useful presents, hatchets, knives, 
needles, some boards for the making and re- 
pairing of sledges, and some wood for lance- 
and harpoon-staves, and a box full of soap were 
landed. This inventory of presents may seem 
cheap and paltry to you, but to these natives 
such presents as we made were more appreci- 
ated than the gift of many dollars would be 
by a poverty-stricken family in this country. 
With the materials that Commander Peary 
furnished would be made the weapons of the 
chase, the tools of the seamstress, and the im- 
plements of the home-maker. The Es- 
quimos have always known how to utilize 
every factor furnished by nature, and what 
has been given to them by the Commander 
has been given with the simple idea of help- 
ing them to make their life easier, and proves 
again the axiom, "The Lord helps those who 
help themselves." 
After disembarking the Karnah contingent, 
the ship steamed to Etah, arriving there on 
the afternoon of August 17. As the Roose- 
velt was entering the harbor of Etah, all 
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