. Arctic researches, and life among the Esquimaux;. ings on the island. He said he used to play with these bricks,piling them up in rows and in various forms, as children oftendo, and also marked stones with them, and -was delighted to see FROBISHERS EXPEDITIONS. 277 the red strokes. He also remembered Innuit women using thebricks, whenever they could be obtained, for polishing the brassornaments worn on the head. Likewise he could well rememberhow some of his aged people told him that many—a great manyvears ago, ships came into the Bay Tia-ituyjL-pinfj-oo-sc-ong (Fro-hisher Bay). This was Ebi
. Arctic researches, and life among the Esquimaux;. ings on the island. He said he used to play with these bricks,piling them up in rows and in various forms, as children oftendo, and also marked stones with them, and -was delighted to see FROBISHERS EXPEDITIONS. 277 the red strokes. He also remembered Innuit women using thebricks, whenever they could be obtained, for polishing the brassornaments worn on the head. Likewise he could well rememberhow some of his aged people told him that many—a great manyvears ago, ships came into the Bay Tia-ituyjL-pinfj-oo-sc-ong (Fro-hisher Bay). This was Ebierbings statement. I now proceed tothat of his grandmother. But, before doing this, let me describethe scene as it was at the time of my receiving the following im-portant communication from her: Her tupic was very small—only large enough to hold herselfcomfortably in a sitting or reclining posture—but I managed tosqueeze in beside her, seating myself at her right side. Tookoo-lito was outside by the entrance, facing the old lady and OLD OOKUOXT MSOO KULBATINU TUB TRA1HTION8 Or I1CB The position of Ookijoxy Ninoo was usually a reclining one, she resting her elbows on the pillow-place of her bed, and her chin upon her hands. By her side was her little kood-lin (lamp), and in front of that was a small board, on which was a handful :ed beans given to her by some one from the ship, and also 278 ARCTIC RESEARCH EXPEDITION. a few broken pieces of sea-bread which Tookoolito had saved forher. There was, besides, abundance of walrus blubber and skinfor her to eat when hungry. During the time I was in her tupic and listening to her words,a favorite grandchild of hers, E-ter-loong, was just outside, fre-quently crying for food. The old lady gave the child a part ofthe beans and biscuit; but his noise was a great interruption. The weather was very cold—bitterly so; and I often requestedTookoolito to take my place inside, but she preferred my retain-ing the seat
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