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 . had shot a small wal-rus near Herbert Island, which they had towed to Cape Cleveland andmade it fast had been verysuccessful in their tripand had made goodtime, for they had beenabsent only six had lunch, turned
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 . had shot a small wal-rus near Herbert Island, which they had towed to Cape Cleveland andmade it fast had been verysuccessful in their tripand had made goodtime, for they had beenabsent only six had lunch, turnedin and slept till nearlynoon. After dinner,leaving Verhoeff andDr. Cook at the house,and takinp; the Eskimoman with us, we wentdown to Cape Cleve-land to cut up the wal-rus. The native per-formed the operationvery quickly and ex-pertly. The Eskimo familypitched their tent nearthe house. Their dogwas tied to a stone closeby the little stream andall were apparentlycontent. Though theKite stopped at Nettiu-lume, a native settlement on the south side of WhaleSound, on her way to McCormick Bay, I was not ableto see any of the natives on account of my accident, andso the first Eskimos whom I saw were this family thatmy party had brought back from. NorthumberlandIsland. They were Ikwa, Mane his wife, Annadore thelittle girl, and the baby, Noya. This family remained. ANNADORE. Three-Year-Old Eskimo Girl. Preparing Our North-Greenland Home 93 constantly with me until my departure from Red Cliff,-with the exception of a few short visits to their home,in order, as we afterwards learned, to air their import-ance and exhibit the wealth they had newly acquiredfrom the white men. They became very much attachedto us, as we did to them, and Ikwas patience andtenacity, assisted by one of my Winchesters, addedmany a fine deer to the Red Cliff storehouse ; whileMane became Mrs. Pearys eager and faithful servant. Our hunting- made fair progress in August, thoughwe needed the tuition that we obtaine
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