. Arctic researches, and life among the Esquimaux;. e were up all night, next morning saw us still at someten miles distance from our harbor. At this time a perfect flotillaof boats were discovered approaching us. They were six whale-boats, fully manned, five belonging to a ship called the BlackEagle, Captain Allen, and one to the Rescue. As soon as theyarrived, quietly greeting us, they wheeled in line ahead of ourown boats, and aided in towing us in. An interesting seen. ]??was before and around us: eight boats in line, pulling the shiponward, with brawny arms at the oars, and merry voices p
. Arctic researches, and life among the Esquimaux;. e were up all night, next morning saw us still at someten miles distance from our harbor. At this time a perfect flotillaof boats were discovered approaching us. They were six whale-boats, fully manned, five belonging to a ship called the BlackEagle, Captain Allen, and one to the Rescue. As soon as theyarrived, quietly greeting us, they wheeled in line ahead of ourown boats, and aided in towing us in. An interesting seen. ]??was before and around us: eight boats in line, pulling the shiponward, with brawny arms at the oars, and merry voices pouringforth the sailors songs as measured and uniform strokes gaveeven time to the movement; the still waters of the deep bay,the perpendicular rocks by our side, and the craggy mountains G 98 ARCTIC RESEARCH EXPEDITION. overhanging our heads, their peaks reaching up as if to kiss theclouds! At noon, August 8th, 1860, we reached our anchorage, and atlength were secure in the harbor we had so long been Rescue had anchored before AND Kl-k. the innuits, ou Esquimaux. 99 CHAPTER V. Visited by the Natives.—Brief Account of some of them.—A very aged Woman.—Oo-ki-jox-y Ni-noo.—A numerous Family.—Ugarng and his thirteen Wives.—Ebierbing and Tookoolito.—Kudlagos Widow, Kok-er-jab-in.—Blind George.—Excursion on Shore.—Anecdote of the Greenland Dogs.—Beautiful Scenery.—How Nature splits huge Rocks.—An Alabaster Cave.—Arctic Food.—First Tasteof Bear-meat.—Americanizing Kim-mi-loo.—A Blind Man threading a Needleand mending Clothes.—Astonishment created by a Magnet.—Ugarng and theQuicksilver.—Authors narrow Escape from Death.—Geological Character of theBocks.—Departure for and Arrival at Field Bay.—A Cruise in the Rescue.—Ar-rival in new Waters. Previous to our anchoring, Captain Allen, Mates Lamb andGardner, joined us on deck, bringing with them an Esquimauxnamed Ugarng, and others of his people. Several women wereals
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