CHAPTER XXI 
ETAH TO NEW YORK — COMING OF MAIL AND 
REPORTERS — HOME ! 
A T Etah we expected to meet the relief 
^~^ ship. Sixty tons of coal and a small 
quantity of provisions had been left there dur- 
ing the previous summer, to be used by us on 
our homeward voyage. This coal was loaded 
on board and the Esquimos who desired to 
remain at Etah were landed. Just at the 
time we were ready to sail a heavy storm of 
wind and snow blew up, and it was not until 
six P. M. on the 20th that we left the harbor. 
Farewells had been said to the Esquimos, all 
that had been promised them for faithful 
services had been given to them, and we com- 
menced the final stage of our journey home. 
From Etah, August 20, the ship sailed 
along the coast, landing Esquimos at the dif- 
ferent settlements, and on the 23rd of August 
at two A. M., we met the Schooner Jeanie, of 
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