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 . from Narksarsomi;Ootuniah, his brother, only a trifle smaller and lessugly ; and Tahtarali and Akpaliasuah, two young-men from Cape York. Our New Years preparationsgave me but httle time for these visitors, though thegiant promptly
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 . from Narksarsomi;Ootuniah, his brother, only a trifle smaller and lessugly ; and Tahtarali and Akpaliasuah, two young-men from Cape York. Our New Years preparationsgave me but httle time for these visitors, though thegiant promptly informed me that he had a finenarwhal horn, several reindeer skins, and other articlesto trade, and that he expected to carry away a gun. It may seem surprising to some of my readers thatduring the winter night we should have visitors comingfrom their homes nearly two hundred miles a matter of fact, quite a number of Eskimos fromCape York and vicinity came to Red Cliff Houseduring the winter and spring. Promptly at ten , our guests began to arrive anda very pleasant evening was enjoyed. The young 188 Northward over the Great Ice men from the United States seemed greatly to ap-preciate a lunch of cookies, doughnuts, and ice-cream ;and as the clock rang out the midnight hour, agenerous cocktail sparkled and seven glasses clinkedto a happy New Yean. THE LIBRARY. Mrs. Peary, in a black-and-yellow tea-gown, ply-ing a palm-leaf fan, was an object of silent, open-mouthed wonderment to our Eskimo friends, who ^ Lest the reader should, from my description of our various fete-days—Thanksgiving, Christmas, and birthdays—gain a very erroneous idea of thequantity of stimulants used by my Expedition, it is necessary for me to statethe facts clearly. Personally, as a matter, not of conscientious scruples, but of judgment andtaste, I am neither a drinker nor a smoker; and I have always selected men for Through the Great Night 189 were looking on and listening from the other ro
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