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 . made two or three odometers andthese were used in measuring distances about RedCliff. The natives were coming and going all the boys irreverently applied nicknames to quite anumber of them. Three, for instance, were known
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 . made two or three odometers andthese were used in measuring distances about RedCliff. The natives were coming and going all the boys irreverently applied nicknames to quite anumber of them. Three, for instance, were known as The Priest, The Villain, and The Smiler, owing to physical pecu-liarities. The Villain, itshould be said, was per-fectly harmless. Thenthere was Ahningrah-nah (the moon), a poorweak-minded native gentlemenone evening had an ath-letic contest with theirwhite friends, whichshowed the members ofmy party to be superiorto the Eskimos, both instrength and and Annowkah, who early in the wintermade a short visit to their home at Nerke, returnedwith a young girl named Tookumingwah. Megipsutold us that a bear had visited their hut and eaten oneof their seals. Tookumingwah, whom we now saw forthe first time, was a twelve-year-old girl and one ofthe prettiest young women among the natives. Herfather had recently been drowned by an oogsook. THE SMILER. Through the Great Night 171
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