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100 he had a boy; secondly, a woman called E-ker-too-kong ("Polly," as we named her), by whom he had many children, who all grew very fast and fat, but died young. He died before his wife, and she then married a fine, bold, and—to white persons as well as his own people—most kindly disposed, humane man, christened by us "Bob"—his Innuit name, King-wat-che-ung. The wife was a half-sister to another good but afflicted man, called Pau-loo-yer, or, as I always styled him from his loss of sight, "Blind George." Of him I will speak presently.

The fifth child of the old woman was Ugarng, whom I shall bring forward in a moment.

The sixth was a daughter, An-ner-surng, who married Mik-e-lung. They had two or three children, but one of them, E-ter-loong, a little boy, cross-eyed, was almost always by his grandmother's side, and was evidently regarded by her as a pet.

The seventh child was also a daughter, Kood-loo-toon, who married a brother of one "Chummy" (a man that visited the States in 1861-2). By him she had two children; one died young, and the other is now living and married.

The eighth and last child was another daughter, Oo-yar-ou-ye-ung, who married and had two children, a boy and girl. The latter was named Oo-kood-lear, and I was well acquainted with her.

These were the children and grandchildren of old Oo-ki-jox-y Ninoo. Now let me turn to the account of Ugarng. This man was born at or near Newton's Fiord, in Frobisher Bay, and was about 50 or 55 years old. From his early days he displayed great qualities as a daring and successful hunter. Many of his well-attested exploits border on the incredible, so marvellous did they seem. Not a few, possibly, I shall be able to relate farther on. Perhaps, however, not among the least of them may be considered the fact that he had had no less than thirteen wives; and, at the period I formed his acquaintance, had three living with him. His first wife, Ak-chur-c-you, he left, long before she died, because she bore him no