{boi*ld meet with the Efquimaux* whbni they haMpranerly made
war, bat were now in, a ftate of ;peace and amity. Hè (mentioned the
laft Indians whcua we hadTeen in terms > of great; derifion; deferibing
them as being m» better|(than old womea, and, as aboriiinabk: liar»;
which coincided with the notion wealreadyemertainedofithfem.
As wc pufhed off,Tome o fra y mendifebarged their fowlingpieces,
that were only loaded with powder, aft the report o f which the
Indians were very much alarmed, as they had; not. béfoiie: heard the, dik
charge of fire arms. This circumftance had fnch an effe£l,vupon our
guide, that we had reafon to apprehend he w od d not fulfil his promife.
When, however, fie was informed that thé; aoifë whkbheTtad heard was
a fignaf of friendfhip, he was perfuadedtoembairk in has own ftnaH
canoe, though be had been offered a feat in oars.
Two of bis. companions, whom he reprefentedas his bredheus, fc4 I,owed
ns, in their canoes •, and they , apufed o& not only with iheirnativerfongs,
but with others, in imitation of the Ef^utniaux.; and our new guide’was
fo enlivened by them, that the antics, be performed, in keeping tone to
the finging, alarmed us with eemanual, appeehenfion that-, his boat
muft upfet: but he was not. long content with his confined tfitsdtiQ% and
paddling up.along-fide our canoe, requefted us, to receive him in it,
though but a Abort time before he had refolutely^refufed to- accept .our
invitation. No fopnerhad lm entered ow,: eanoe» than fie began to
perform an Efquimatix dance, to our no final! alarm* He was, however,
foon prevailed uponto bé more tranquil; when he began to difplay
various indecencies, according to die cuHorns of the Efquimaux, of
which
which he boaftedi?an;3tttitoate acquaintkncbi" -J On our putting to fhore,
inprderto lea\re»l0s^kh<^ilfo informed us,that on thé oppofite hill the
Ef<|uimaiik; three winters befdre, killed his igrandfather: We faW a fox,
and: a ground hog on the hill, THe latter b f wHich the brdther' Of our
guide £hot with his bow and arrow.
■ About fblir imthe afternoon we perceived a fmoke on the Weft Chore;
when wé travérfed ahd Ended.' The natibes made a -moft terrible
fiprdaiv talking with great vociferati©«i, and running about as i f they
wore deprived of theirfenfes, while the greater part of the women, with
the children, fled away. Perceiving the diforder whichduf appearance
occafioned among thefe peopïè^Wé had wa'itfed fo'me time before we
quitted thee cinoe; and I havé no doubt, i f Iw© had been without
people to introduce us, that tlky would’havé attempted feme violence
agajnft Us? for when the Indians; fend away their‘women and chicken, it
is always with an hoflSe defign. A t 'length vfo* pacified them with the
nfaal prefents, t o the^ preferred beads to any p f the articles that I
offered, them; paitfeuErly fikh as^ were of 4 blue'èélöpr> ^and one of
them even réqnefted to exchange a kjpfe which I had given him for a
fiaaall quaraötyrbf thafe drhamentoi bauWeS/i‘?rJ pu#eh»fod o f tbëm two
floéttsr for my huafcens; arid at; the fame time rhey?prgf<4yeed Me whh
fame anrdws, and dried fife. This? party e<M®fiifted of five Emilies; to
the ambunt,as I fiippofo; of forty men, women3 artd ehfldren; but 1 did
not?Tee them all,as feveral were afraid to* y©htore?fröm: their hidmg-
piaces. Théy are called Jkgttt&U'EMne&ior the f^éf^etiers'.
Our guide, like his predeceffors, now manifefted his wifh to leave us,
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