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 . that he had become bewildered andlost somewhere in the region between McCormickand Robertson Bays. The work of packing my impedimenta to send onboard the Kite was stopped immediately, and hastilyfitting the Mary Peaiy with supplies
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 . that he had become bewildered andlost somewhere in the region between McCormickand Robertson Bays. The work of packing my impedimenta to send onboard the Kite was stopped immediately, and hastilyfitting the Mary Peaiy with supplies, I jumped intoher with Gibson and a crew of my best Eskimos,and, hoisting sail, sped away for the mouth of the val-ley. The Kite hoisted anchor and, with the remainingnatives whom I had sent aboard, steamed away to 411 412 Northward over the Great Ice Robertson Bay. Reaching the mouth of the valley,we had a substantial meal all around, then started upthe valley with all my Eskimos, after having- promisedthe man who first saw Verhoeff a rifle and as muchammunition as he cared for. This was the the natives in a line, the individuals inwhich were separated by less than one hundred feet,they reached clear across the contracted valley, fromcliff to cliff, and slowly advanced up its length, shout-ing and discharging rifles at regular intervals. So. MANY W^ERE THE INTERESTING GROUPS. thorough and minute was the search that, on the way,we found a handkerchief and a knife, which had beendropped by the Five-Glacier-Valley hunting-party theprevious October. No signs of Verhoeff were seen,however, though we swept the valley until we cameout on the crest of the bluff beyond its head, lookingdown into Robertson Bay. Returning to McCormick Bay on the 21st, I foundthe Kite anchored off the mouth of the valley. Notrace of Verhoeff had been found in Robertson detailed four or five of the best Eskimos to Gibson, Search for Verhoeff—Homeward Voyage 4^3 and instructed him to
Size: 2249px × 1111px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890, booksubjecteskimos, bookyear1898
