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 . st of the natives, went back tothe snow village on his way to Red Cliff. Four hoursand a half later we dashed at the ice-foot in BardenBay, above which are the houses of Netiulume. Our coming had been seen by the sharp eyes of then
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 . st of the natives, went back tothe snow village on his way to Red Cliff. Four hoursand a half later we dashed at the ice-foot in BardenBay, above which are the houses of Netiulume. Our coming had been seen by the sharp eyes of thenatives long before we arrived, and everyone was outready to greet us. We found here some forty-oddnatives, comprising, in addition to the regular inhabit-ants of the place, some who had come up from CapeYork, and were on their way to Red Cliff House, andsome who had been at Red Cliff and were now rest-ing here on their way south. Among these wereTalakoteah, mymail carrier, Kes-suh, the Cape-York dude, thewidow and herswain, and Ahhe-yu with his littlewife. Here, too,we found quaintold Arrotoksoah,or Horace Gree-ley, and his wife, Sairey Gamp. Most interest-ing to me of allthese natives wasMerktoshar, theone-eyed bear hunter, of whose merktoshar. exploits every native visiting Red Cliff had had something to yet, though Merktoshar had an old rifle, for. 258 Northward over the Great Ice which, of course, he must want ammunition, andthough he Hved but a days sledge ride from RedChff House, he had never been to our home, andhad never sent any message in regard to tradingfor ammunition. I was curious to see the man andfind out whether he considered the white man aninterloper, or whether he himself was too inde-pendent to call upon him. I found him extremelyinoffensive in appearance, with his long black hairstraggling in disorder over his one eye. I was soonon the best of terms with him, and had no trouble innegotiating for the two best dogs in his famous bear-pack. Merktoshar
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