. Hunters of the great north . fter the first glimmering began to show throughthe translucent snow roof I went out, hitched the dogs tothe sled as quickly as possible, and started off. Therewas no trouble now for the weather was beautiful—clearskies and hard frost. About four miles of driving broughtme in view of the Amundsen camp at King Point and Isaw the other sled hitched up and the men ready to they saw me coming they waited and started a fireto cook my breakfast. I learned later from the boy that they had gone aheadprobably half a mile or so the previous evening beforenoticing
. Hunters of the great north . fter the first glimmering began to show throughthe translucent snow roof I went out, hitched the dogs tothe sled as quickly as possible, and started off. Therewas no trouble now for the weather was beautiful—clearskies and hard frost. About four miles of driving broughtme in view of the Amundsen camp at King Point and Isaw the other sled hitched up and the men ready to they saw me coming they waited and started a fireto cook my breakfast. I learned later from the boy that they had gone aheadprobably half a mile or so the previous evening beforenoticing that I was not following. The boy had thenwanted to stop and go back for me but Kanirk had saidI would doubtless come along. When they got to thecabin and cooked supper without my coming, the boyhad again proposed that they go to look for me but thisKanirk had simply refused to do. The next morning theboy had wanted to go back and look for me but Kanirk * > v- aJK%*c . ft ~ J V - Sea Ice Piled Against the Coast in Winter. Breaking Camp TRAVELS AFTER THE SUN CAME BACK 171 had wanted to keep on for Shingle Point and they werestanding arguing about this when I came in sight. I have never rightly understood Kanirks position inthis. He already had a bad reputation (as I learnedlater) by reason of having abandoned on a journey a sickEskimo companion who would have frozen to death hadhe not been picked up by others who followed. His ownstatement was that he had considered it no use lookingfor me in the morning for I would undoubtedly havefrozen to death during the night. White men usually didfreeze to death when they were lost over night. The idea which the Mackenzie River Eskimos had atthe time about the ease with which white men freeze todeath had no doubt grown up from the frequent tragediesthat occurred to sailors who tried to run away from thewhaling ships. Captain Leavitt told me many suchstories. Men brought up in cities and sailors who knewnothing about land travel had f
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