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 . INHABITANTS OF THE SNOW VILLAGE. dent. Kyo was at once all excitement, and beggedfor my rifle to shoot a seal. He crept to the edge ofthe hole and then lay flat upon the ice, but with thepeculiar Eskimo disinclination to waste a pr
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 . INHABITANTS OF THE SNOW VILLAGE. dent. Kyo was at once all excitement, and beggedfor my rifle to shoot a seal. He crept to the edge ofthe hole and then lay flat upon the ice, but with thepeculiar Eskimo disinclination to waste a pricelessbullet unless absolutely sure of the game, he waitedand waited, throwing away chances that any otherthan an Eskimo hunter would take, until at last mypatience was exhausted, and calling him back we re-sumed our journey. The presence of this pool ofwater would seem to lend colour to the statement ap- Around Inglefield Gulf by Sledge 253 pearing upon some charts, that there Is open water inthis channel throughout the year. After leaving the open water, we found the surfacevery firm, the wind, which is always whistling throughthis narrow channel, having packed the snow or sweptit away. So we were all able to ride upon the sledge. We had been going on merrily in this way for sometime when, as we neared the sharp point of rocks at. NETIULUME. the south-eastern extremity of Northumberland Isl-and, my team suddenly, without a movement of thewhip, broke into a wild gallop and chorus of yells, andbefore Mrs. Peary and myself could recover from ourastonishment, they had whirled us round the rocks,and dashed us up to the ice-foot in front of an Eskimosnow village. By the time we could step off the sledge we were 2 54 Northward over the Great Ice surrounded by the inhabitants, among whom we foundseveral of our winter visitors from Cape York, alsoIkwa and his family, and several natives whom wehad not before seen. They had been attracted hereby the open water and the seals, and the n
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