Northward over the great ice : a narrative of life and work along the shores and upon the interior ice-cap of northern Greenland in the years 1886 and 1891-1897, with a description of the little tribe of Smith Sound Eskimos, the most northerly human beings in the world, and an account of the discovery and bringing home of the Saviksue or great Cape York meteorites . thehousehold utensils to the delighted women of thevillage, and then both men and women were assem-bled in line upon the beach, and everything that I did not care to take homewith me given to them,together with untoldwealth sent th
Northward over the great ice : a narrative of life and work along the shores and upon the interior ice-cap of northern Greenland in the years 1886 and 1891-1897, with a description of the little tribe of Smith Sound Eskimos, the most northerly human beings in the world, and an account of the discovery and bringing home of the Saviksue or great Cape York meteorites . thehousehold utensils to the delighted women of thevillage, and then both men and women were assem-bled in line upon the beach, and everything that I did not care to take homewith me given to them,together with untoldwealth sent them by kindfriends of the expeditionin Philadelphia, in theshape of wood, knives,iron kettles, etc.—treas-ures priceless to the Es-kimo mind. Then, at the last mo-ment, Mrs. Peary and Istepped from the doorof our little room out-side the now dismantledhouse, and said farewellto our first Greenlandhome. An hour or twolater, the Kites propellerwas driving^ her out ofMcCormick Bay just asit had driven her a little more than a year ago, onlynow there were but the original inhabitants of thecountry left upon the shore. Steaming southward through several uneventfuldays, our first stop was made at the fossil-beds ofAtanekerdluk in the Waigatt. Here a perfect sum-mer day was put in, and the geological members ofProfessor Heilprins Expedition delved for the fossils. THE PROFESSOR. Search for Verhoeff—Homeward Voyage 4^9 with which the locahty is rich, while Mrs. Peary andmyseh wandered hke children out of school up thegrassy and mossy ravines and across the warm-huedslopes. All were satisfied with the call here—theProfessor and his party with their fossils, Mrs. Pearyand myself with our run ashore. A brief stop was made at Godhavn, to tell our
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