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Title: Our lost explorers : the narrative of the Jeannette Arctic Expedition as related by the survivors, and in the records and last journals of Lieutenant De Long
Year: 1888 (1880s)
Authors: Newcomb, Raymond Lee
Subjects: De Long, George W. (George Washington), 1844-1881 Jeannette (Ship) Jeannette Expedition (1879-1881)
Publisher: Hartford, Conn., American Pub. Co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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eady tomigrate, and there were also some swans on the sand spits aswe passed along. On September 19th we turned out before sunrise, andafter eating our frugal meal of pemmican we continued upthe river. After working all the forenoon we stopped andgot a little dinner, landing on a point where we found signsof very recent occupation. Just after this, about one p. m.,while Mr. Danenhower was taking some compass observa-tions, three objects were descried or seen appearing aroundthe left bank of the same river. These soon proved to behuman beings—the first natives seen outside of our crewfor over two years. They were a little afraid of us at first,and would not land, stopping in their canoes or veatkas;but by making signs to them we induced them to comeashore, after which we gave them a little pemmican to eatas an evidence of our good will; but they would not touchit until I had tasted it and showed tliem that it was good.I also showed them various other things that I had, and gave (3203
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FRIENDLY NATIVES. 323 them some little buttons. We then made signs to them thatwe were very hungry, and they brought us a small piece ofreindeer, one old goose, and a fish, which was all the provi-sion that they had with them at that time. There beingplenty of drift-wood on the shores of the river, we soon gota fire going and a stew under way. While our stew was in process of cooking we showed thenatives our rifles, and shot them off once or twice to showthem what they were. I also charged my shot-gun, a breech-loader, and fired at a piece of wood, and they were verymuch interested to see the manner in which the small shotwere distributed; they seemed to think that it would kill aduck very nicely. The manner of loading was the subjectof much discussion. They handled this gun almost rever-ently. Perhaps a short description of these natives will not beout of place. As soon as they came near so that we couldhail them, they bared their heads, bowed, and devoutlycrossed themselves. In stat

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