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 . KYOAHPADU. 166 Northward over the Great Ice skins and that he would return after ten sinnipahs (sleeps). It was nearly ten times ten sinnipahs before we saw his oily face again. He seemed very ill at ease when he re-appeared atRed
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 . KYOAHPADU. 166 Northward over the Great Ice skins and that he would return after ten sinnipahs (sleeps). It was nearly ten times ten sinnipahs before we saw his oily face again. He seemed very ill at ease when he re-appeared atRed Cliff Houseon a blusteringMarch day ; anda little later thewidow, now Kyoswife, reached thecamp with herdaughters. Theysettled down atRed Cliff andmade it theirhome until we de-parted on the Kitein August. While Kyowasaway we heardsome remarkablestories about spoke well ofhim. By most ofthe natives he washated and was said that hehad murdered aman and that hehad twice been a widower, having killed his wives ; also that he was an angakok or medicine-man of great power. He was not the same man after his return to us. Perhaps it was because he thought he had lost my confidence by remaining away so long. We dis-. ~)STO^iE K^iCVrO^ THE TIDE GAUGE. Through the Great Night 167 covered that he was subject to fits of uncontrollableangrer, when he seemed almost insane. Once or twicein these paroxysms he severely cut his wife. Yet,later, as my driver on my two-hundred-and-fifty-milesledge trip aroundInglefield Gulf,he was most obe-dient and veryattentive to thewants both ofMrs. Peary andmyself. While Astrupand I were awayon our ice-capjourney to theArctic Ocean,Kyo, as became amighty aiigakok,often went intotrances andvisions,which theexpanse of theInland Ice wasspread before hisspiritual gaze;and after he hadreturned to hisfleshly tabernaclehe would regaleMrs. Peary with stories of having seen, far to the north,a solitary koblunah (white man) plodding slowly andpainfull
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