Arctic Researches, and Life Among the Esquimaux: Being the Narrative of an Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin, in the Years 1860, 1861, and 1862 |
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... remained with the Esquimaux ? His reply . was , Two months in the spring of 1855 , thirty miles from the ves sel , and with three families , consisting of about twenty individu- als , living in three or four huts . Sterry was able to ...
... remained with the Esquimaux ? His reply . was , Two months in the spring of 1855 , thirty miles from the ves sel , and with three families , consisting of about twenty individu- als , living in three or four huts . Sterry was able to ...
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... remained three years explor- ing the coasts , and finally returned to Iceland , where he gave such a report of " Greenland , " as he termed the new country , that it in- duced many of the colonists of both sexes to go back with him ...
... remained three years explor- ing the coasts , and finally returned to Iceland , where he gave such a report of " Greenland , " as he termed the new country , that it in- duced many of the colonists of both sexes to go back with him ...
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... remained for days , and my whole body was covered with the merciless wounds inflicted by them . In the afternoon an " oomiak , " or woman's boat , came along- side , rowed by Esquimaux girls . There were in the boat two mothers , with ...
... remained for days , and my whole body was covered with the merciless wounds inflicted by them . In the afternoon an " oomiak , " or woman's boat , came along- side , rowed by Esquimaux girls . There were in the boat two mothers , with ...
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... remained in its position ! Three half reams of paper , that had been placed securely over my bunk , and had there rested quietly all the previous part of the voyage from New London , were found scattered over an area of say sev- enty ...
... remained in its position ! Three half reams of paper , that had been placed securely over my bunk , and had there rested quietly all the previous part of the voyage from New London , were found scattered over an area of say sev- enty ...
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... remained with us about two hours , and then , after de- ciding to go on , instead of landing for the night ( perhaps they were still fearful of being captured ) , they got into their boat , and , with many thanks to us , started on ...
... remained with us about two hours , and then , after de- ciding to go on , instead of landing for the night ( perhaps they were still fearful of being captured ) , they got into their boat , and , with many thanks to us , started on ...
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