. Arctic researches, and life among the Esquimaux;. g and welcomingthe suns warm rays; a number of boys drawing another capturedseal across the rugged ice lining the shore; and one young urchinwith a brace of clucks newly shot. In the narrow distance weresome icebergs and floating masses of ice, and behind, as well asfar off, the bold mountains, which gave a grandeur to the view. The next morning, April 20th, accompanied by Esheeloo andhis wife Oonga, I started on foot for the ship in Rescue Harbor, adistance of about twenty miles. Part of the way was over broken ice, and this made the jour- 2
. Arctic researches, and life among the Esquimaux;. g and welcomingthe suns warm rays; a number of boys drawing another capturedseal across the rugged ice lining the shore; and one young urchinwith a brace of clucks newly shot. In the narrow distance weresome icebergs and floating masses of ice, and behind, as well asfar off, the bold mountains, which gave a grandeur to the view. The next morning, April 20th, accompanied by Esheeloo andhis wife Oonga, I started on foot for the ship in Rescue Harbor, adistance of about twenty miles. Part of the way was over broken ice, and this made the jour- 272 ARCTIC RESEARCH EXPEDITION. ney both tedious and difficult. At noon we were at the foot ofBayard Taylor Pass leading to Field Bay, and after a lunch wewalked on over the land, stopping a moment at the half-way sta-tion for a drink of delicious water, and arrived on the other sideat i Field Bay had firm ice upon it, and over this we traveled asrapidly as we could, finally reaching the ship at 8 , havingbeen just twelve hours on the OOD-LOO, OR WOMANS KNIFE. The illustration one third the size of the the hands of an Esquimaux woman, this simple instrument, made of hone and iron (the arc sim-ply edged with iron), is equivalent to the knife, hatchet, scraper, and shears of civilization. AUTHOR PARTIALLY SNOW-BLIND. 273 CHAPTER XVI. Snow-blindness.—Month of May. — Ship released from her Ice-fetters.—A spiritedScene.—Sledge-dogs at full Speed.—Bob, the Angeko.—Falling Igloos.—An-ecdote of Bob.—Terrific Encounter with a Bear.—A Toss in the Air.—A power-ful Innuit.—The aged Woman, Ookijoxy Ninoo.—Tookoolito Interpreter.—Im-portant Information.—Traditions relating to White Men very many Years ago.—Ships with many People had arrived.—Two Innuit Women taken away.—FiveInnuits killed by White Men.—Five White Men among the Innuits.—WrittenHistory confirmed by Oral Tradition. —Barrows History of Arctic Discovery.—Relics o
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