. Arctic researches, and life among the Esquimaux;. hen I first saw him 40 ARCTIC RESEARCH EXPEDITION. he appeared to be, what I always found him, a remarkably mod-est aud unassuming man. From what I was then informed, hewas quick to learn, and always endeavored to do as other peopledid. lie never expressed surprise at any thing. He looked uponthe works of civilization with interest, but never with first time he saw a locomotive no words escaped his lips, nordid he exhibit any signs but what were consistent with the ideaof his having seen the same a thousand times before. One day,wh
. Arctic researches, and life among the Esquimaux;. hen I first saw him 40 ARCTIC RESEARCH EXPEDITION. he appeared to be, what I always found him, a remarkably mod-est aud unassuming man. From what I was then informed, hewas quick to learn, and always endeavored to do as other peopledid. lie never expressed surprise at any thing. He looked uponthe works of civilization with interest, but never with first time he saw a locomotive no words escaped his lips, nordid he exhibit any signs but what were consistent with the ideaof his having seen the same a thousand times before. One day,while riding in the cars toward New York, a boy passed throughdistributing circulars, giving one to Kudlago. He took it, look-ing attentively to see what others might do, and then, as they did,so, to all appearance, did he! Others held the circulars up beforethem and read. Kudlago held his up before his eyes and ap-peared to read. Though he could not read a word, yet he lookedlearned. Solomon may have been wiser, but surely not sharperthan Kl On securing his services as my interpreter, I was in hopes thathe would long remain with me; but, though apparently in goodhealth on leaving New London, the fogs we encountered whencrossing the Banks of Newfoundland gave him a severe cold, and,though every attention was paid to him, he was evidcutly failingvery fast. One day we shot an eider-duck, and lowered a boatto get it, purposely that Kudlago might have a generous mealin his accustomed way. The bird was skinned and carried to thepoor sick Esquimaux, who dissected it at once, eating only theheart and liver, both raw. He seemed to relish it greatly, but BURIAL AT SEA. 41 could eat no more. As he expressed a desire to be on deck, atent was erected there, that he might enjoy the sunshine andthe air. But nothing availed to save him. The following day-he was again taken below, and never again left his berth died about half past four on Sunday morning. His last
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