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 . JOSEPHINE GLACIER, NORTHUMBERLAND ISLAND. soon told us that there were more Osikees aroundthe cape. As we got around the cape, we saw a tupek, and aman in a kayak came out to meet us. This kayaker seemed more than pleased to see us
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 . JOSEPHINE GLACIER, NORTHUMBERLAND ISLAND. soon told us that there were more Osikees aroundthe cape. As we got around the cape, we saw a tupek, and aman in a kayak came out to meet us. This kayaker seemed more than pleased to see us ;his face was all aglow with smiles. He piloted us tothe settlement, which had by this time all assembled,the men on the beach, the women and children in arow on the rocks in front of the first tupek. Our friends from the other settlement left us had lunch and again shared part of it with these Boat Voyage to the Islands 119 people. One of the men got a boiled burgomastergull, and offered it to us. After lunch, I took a census of the village, thepopulation of which numbered thirteen. Each man possessed a kayak, a harpoon, a lance,and a bird net; and two possessed bows and arrows,a number of rolls of line and narwhal sinew. Theirblubber and meat supply seemed to be all cast in onegeneral heap, the lean meat being on lines to W^ESTERN GLACIER, NORTHUMBERLAND ISLAND. The lack of fear in these men and their confidencein white men were clearly shewn the first night wecamped there. At about ten oclock, all the mensuddenly started out in their kayaks after narwhal,leaving their women and children unprotected. Atabout five oclock, they returned with a narwhal in tow. I noticed here what I have repeatedly noticed since,that they have frequent and prolonged hemorrhagesfrom the nose, due, I think, in most cases, to excite-ment or active physical exercise. There are two very prominent and important I20 Northward over the Great Ice physiological characteristics that attracted
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