. Northward over the "great ice" [microform] : 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. Scientific expeditions; Expéditions scientifiques. f â -^ ';>f j '[I « â :l 1 1 L 1 f i ill 1'' y i( '! â ' ). Mi i < i 164 Northward over the "(jrcat Ice" sliortL'st clay of
. Northward over the "great ice" [microform] : 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. Scientific expeditions; Expéditions scientifiques. f â -^ ';>f j '[I « â :l 1 1 L 1 f i ill 1'' y i( '! â ' ). Mi i < i 164 Northward over the "(jrcat Ice" sliortL'st clay of the year at home, ami the hoys orave thr(;L' cluuirs hy way of (Micoiira^cnu'iU to tlic sun. which was now In'i^nnninL;" to rctturn to us. \\'(j did not (|uitc (;scai)c ihv. /^//'/oc/c/o or (irccn- land doL^- disease, a dread discjrder that at times has threatened to roh the poor natives of one of their most vahiahle Resources. It was prevalent in South Green- land over thirt\' }('ars a^o. and when it attacked the doL^s of the Arctic lli^hlandtM's, Dr. 1 la\'es was unable to buy the sledge teams he recpiired. Xo remtnly has been discovered for the dist^ase, though fortunatel)- its ravaires are now small. Its victims betra\' their de- ranja-ment by howling- antl snapping-, and refusing- all nourishuKMit. The)- often die of convulsions on the day of the attack. Annowkah's do^- went wild with the malady, and before the fact was discovered, and the doo' killed, she had bitten and manL-letl two of mv younu^er doL;s so terribly that in spite; of Dr. Cook's best endeavours we lost th(;m both. I )ous had a most important \rdv\. in my i)lans, and I was very s()rr\- to lose; the two animals. Their skins, however, L;a\e me material for a nice pair of trousers. I^(;fore December arrived, I had (juite a colony of native work(n"s. i\Ie_L!;^ipsu and other women were busy chewing" and sewin^' skins. " r\ather Tom " and An- nowkah wt;re scrai)inL;- skins. "
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