The sun., 1919-04-27
Eskimo Tells Of
Visit toCollinson's
Ship in 1852 and
a Battle Between
White Men and
Natives-A Tribe
That Died Out

ton Bay There Is also blind man st
Prince Albert Village-old man about
60] told us the reason OF his blind
ness was that he had killed large
ugrug and when the people came want
ing to cut II UP he grudged to let
them help themselves. therefore he be-
came blind. I could not make out II
the grudging of itself caused the blind
ness or II some doctor" Ishamanl
was angered by 1t and made him
blind believe the former. Natkusiak
says 1t is no doubt true. for he knows
Of parallel cases in his own country.
Usually there, however. 1T was this
way: Some one committed bad deed
[grudged to give something. stole, col
In secret. The doctor" would then so
ordain "magically" that the guilty per-
son would in some way suffer-then
not only was the guilty punished. but
also people found out who was guilty
te. 6. II an article had been stolen1.
At the first Nagyuktogmiut village In
April some noise was heard outside our
snow house. Our visitors of the time
decided It was our Tor my1 turnnrak
familiar spirit and forthwith started
q chorus Of requests and prayers to me
mot to the turnnrak1 to have tho
turnnrak provide plenty OF seals, good
weather, good health. the safe birth
of expected children, &C. AS we were
leaving there was a concerted request
by all present that we intercede with
the turnnrak for two women. ATnau-
yak and Anaktok [both young. though
only Anaktok recently married-other
two or three yearsl that they might
have children born to them.
Natkusiak says the sngatkuk per-
formances are very different here from
[those amongl his people-he does not
seem to think Victoria people are very
powerful angatkuk [shamansl, but has
firm faith in all the claims of his own
peoples angatkuk
Spirit Men Seek Mothers.
Natkusiak tells: Some or all chill.
dren are turnnrak Ispir!tsl beto(e
birth. A few people can remember tfAe
things they knew when they were
tpre- natallyl turnnrak These are
powerful angatkuk and can tell people
many thinks they must not do q. 9.
tthese shamansl, impose taboos). He
has known one such man. He came as
tarnnrak along the coast from the
east and north, following every curve
OF the coast. Like other turnnrak OF
his class, he was looking for a mother
| through whom to lie born. He found
her at Prince OF Wales.
The man when he grew up could tell
many wonderful things that he knew
before incarnation. Among other
things, he told that the reason people
| don't see these turnnrak that are look
| ing for mothers is that they ig,aurut
! tnutugnaittuagun Literally: travel
through, or by. unseen regions). Nat
| kusiak does not know just how this 10
he has merely heard the expression.
! Perhaps 1t means they travel UNDER
ground" he says. He learned in Prince
Albert Sound THAT there are therel
some men who remember their pre-
natal existence.
| Friday. May 1e-Started $3.50 P. NJ.
and camped 1890 r. NJ. Distance.
twenty miles. The ice is a little rough
on getting near shore and There arel
a few cakes Of ground ice on shore. At
| camp all looks smooth to north and
northeast as seen from Nifty foot eleva-
| ton. but rougher [iCel ahead OF us.
Our camp is at the furthest point that
mas ever been visible to us--a cape at
about 20 degree angle of the coast.
| Caribou tracks as numerous as ever,
| but mostly old. The height OF the mi
grafton here was probably the first
week of May. Tracks all (headingl
| between north and northwest true,
PLENTY OF fox tracks. one wolf [tracll1.
| No bear tpolar1 signs yet. A wolver-
Inc was shot [bow and arrowl on the
| ice Of the Sound somewhere west OF
where We found people the other dayl
; in the spring year ago. I got both
the skin and the phalanges bones, &c.
3 from the man who shot it, This VOL
VERNE probably became lost; otherwise
; 1t seems unlikely forest animal would
70 hundred miles north OF the tree
Incl
Saturday. May 2O-Started 1910.
/ Camped midnight Distance rs miles,
The ice became rough inshore after
travelling about ten miles to-day. At
one time we lost three quarters OF an
hour making with axes road to get
inshore Of 40 yard strip of broken ice.
From land sky" aheai il seems We
are nearing Cape Baring-the land
sky curves south n little west of US.
THIS land sky is n common Arctic
phenomenon. When clouds OF 4 uni.
: form color hang low there Is reflected
in them map of the earth below
! them. Snow free land and open water
are shown in black on the clouds; the
pure white sea ice appears in white,
! and land covered with snow soiled by
/ blown sand. &c. is reflected darker
than the sea, but lighter than snow
less land. This sky map is of the
greatest use to sledge travellers al
ways, and especially in crossing wide
! bays from headland To headlanI:
where the landmarks Themselves are
below the horizon their position is &c
curately indicated by their reflection
, In the clouds.
! Tide cracksxery numerous along
shore. May 1s we crossed two tide
cracks about four miles apart. rum
ming perpendicular to the land, or
north and south. These were about
three feet [widel and showed no pres
sure !ce-looked like new cracks. Just
east OF Cape Back we crossed the third
similar crack.
Caribou tracks fewer-three or four
dozen all day, the last five or six Just
before camping. l fancy. IL they come
To the coast here the rough Ice turns
them back [from crossing the Soundl.
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