. Arctic researches, and life among the Esquimaux;. he subject, besides making a com-plete survey of the island. These days of hard work resulted inthe discovery of additional relics, confirming me in the opinions Ihad previously formed, and which I have elsewhere in this vol-ume expressed. In addition to what I had done before, I foundvery clear evidences of the existence of a blacksmiths forge or a* This channel I named after Captain Anderson, ofjhe steam-ship C/iina. GATHERING RELICS. 551 furnace. I must not omit to say here that the Esquimaux wom-en and children, and occasionally the men,
. Arctic researches, and life among the Esquimaux;. he subject, besides making a com-plete survey of the island. These days of hard work resulted inthe discovery of additional relics, confirming me in the opinions Ihad previously formed, and which I have elsewhere in this vol-ume expressed. In addition to what I had done before, I foundvery clear evidences of the existence of a blacksmiths forge or a* This channel I named after Captain Anderson, ofjhe steam-ship C/iina. GATHERING RELICS. 551 furnace. I must not omit to say here that the Esquimaux wom-en and children, and occasionally the men, aided me greatly whileon Kodlunaru, searching for and securing relics. The men wereobliged to be off, most of the time, sealing and hunting tuktoo forour subsistence. Our tupics were close by the place that we called the shipstrench (see Plan No. 1 on Chart Sheet), and occasionally, as I havesaid, all hands were engaged with me in gathering Frobisher rel-ics. One may get a good idea of our appearance when so engagedfrom the accompanying The Actiiob and ms Isscit CcMrxxr on Kodlunurn, or White Mans Island, gathering FrobiaherBelies, July 14th-17th, 1S62. The following list is an extract from the catalogue that accom-panied the Frobisher relics which I sent to the British govern-ment, through the Royal Geographical Society of London, shortlyafter my return to the States, and embraces twenty articles thatwere inclosed in a small black-vclvet-lined box, lettered J, which,with all that I sent, have been deposited by the British govern-ment in the Greenwich Hospital Museum, the same institution inwhich the Franklin relics are to be seen. The unabridged listcomprised 136 separate parcels. CONTENTS OF BOX J.
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