Great Americans and their noble deeds; containing the lives of almost fifty of our nation's heroes and heroines .. . of his men were dead. But one hundred andthirty-seven had gone out, and hopes of finding the others now helped tospeed on Mr. Halls plan very swiftly. Mr. Grinnell again lent his aid, and a generous firm of New Londonoffered free passage for the expedition as far as Northumberland Inlet,on their whaler, the George Henry. On this Hall set out on the 29th ofMay, i860. His outfit was small but complete, and his only companionwas an Esquimaux man, who had come down to New England fr
Great Americans and their noble deeds; containing the lives of almost fifty of our nation's heroes and heroines .. . of his men were dead. But one hundred andthirty-seven had gone out, and hopes of finding the others now helped tospeed on Mr. Halls plan very swiftly. Mr. Grinnell again lent his aid, and a generous firm of New Londonoffered free passage for the expedition as far as Northumberland Inlet,on their whaler, the George Henry. On this Hall set out on the 29th ofMay, i860. His outfit was small but complete, and his only companionwas an Esquimaux man, who had come down to New England fromGreenland on the George Henrys last trip. It was a tiny expedition, 240 HAYES AND but not a weak one, for Hall was a host in himself, as lie afterwardproved. Difficulties began at the outset. The Esquimaux died soon after thevessel left port; head-winds made her tardy in reaching her winter quart-ers, and during the winter Mr. Hall lost his expedition boat, which wasall that he had depended on for reaching King William Land from North-umberland Inlet. Nothing could now be done without a new outfit, and. ESQUIMAUX IN HIS WATER-PROOF CANOE. as it was several months before the whaler could get out of the ice, he hadtime to study the Esquimaux language and to make several sledge jour-neys into the interior so as to get some idea of what experiences werebefore him. In these he gained a great deal of useful knowledge about the country,made friends with some of the people, and carried on some very valuablescientific explorations. His companions on these sledge journeys werea very intelligent Esquimaux man and his wife—Joe and Hannah he HAYES AND HAtt. 241 named them—and another man whom he had befriended. The womanused to track the snow in front of the dog team while her husband drove,and at night she would start the light in the stone lamp to dry the wetclothing, while the men built the snow hut for their shelter. They were out forty-three days on the first trip, and Mr.
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