. Narrative of a second voyage in search of a north-west passage, and of a residence in the Arctic regions during the years 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832, 1833 . d no less than five times; and he had now brought hissixth spouse, by whom he had three young children, to visit threeof his former wives, and we witnessed the whole party living toge-ther in perfect harmony ! The advantages of this, as far as he wasconcerned, were obvious; for in each of the five different familieshe had a son or two, so that in his old age he might, according tocustom, claim support from all or any of them, or from the mos
. Narrative of a second voyage in search of a north-west passage, and of a residence in the Arctic regions during the years 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832, 1833 . d no less than five times; and he had now brought hissixth spouse, by whom he had three young children, to visit threeof his former wives, and we witnessed the whole party living toge-ther in perfect harmony ! The advantages of this, as far as he wasconcerned, were obvious; for in each of the five different familieshe had a son or two, so that in his old age he might, according tocustom, claim support from all or any of them, or from the mostsuccessful in hunting, as he was entitled to the share of a brought several good specimens of natural history, for whichhe was well rewarded, and he gave us some valuable information g2 44 SKETCH OF THE BOOTHIANS. respeotini; the western sea and the nature of the country to thewestward. He also informed us, tliat Kablala, wIjo had a club-foot, and her husband, were to be at Padliak, and that we shouldsee them next year. On the second visit, he brought liis presentwife and <hildren to see us, whose description will occupy thenext ^ •^ SKETCH OF THE BOOTHIANS. 45 OOBLOORIA, PANINGAVOKE, AMINGO, AND NULLINGIAK. Amingo, the sixth wife of Kanayoke, is represented sitting- at thetable in the cabin of the Victory, between lier two children, and aninfant on her shoulder whose name was Aknallua. She wasextremely well clothed in deer-skins, and so were her children, ofwhom the parents were very fond. Her complexion was mnchlighter and paler than the other females, and her behaviour verymodest and unassuming. She sat at the table, and viewed thepictures that were set before her with great delight, pointing outto her children every thing she thought wonderful, as soon as ithad been explained to herself. Her children were also very pretty,the eldest about four years old, the next two and a half, and theyoungest about six months. After remaining some time, shereturned
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