nd immediately upon the same a falcon, which strange noise
did sore amaze them, so that with speed they departed; notwithstanding,
their simplicity is such, that within ten hours after they came again to
us to entreat peace; which, being promised, we again fell into a great
league. They brought us seal skins and salmon peel, but, seeing iron,
they could in nowise forbear stealing; which, when I perceived it, did
but minister unto me an occasion of laughter to see their simplicity, and
willed that in no case they should be any more hardly used, but that our
own company should be the more vigilant to keep their things, supposing
it to be very hard in so short time to make them know their evils. They
eat all their meat raw, they live most upon fish, they drink salt water,
and eat grass and ice with delight; they are never out of the water, but
live in the nature of fishes, but only when dead sleep taketh them, and
then under a warm rock, laying his boat upon the land, he lieth down to
sleep. Their weapons are all darts, but some of them have bow and arrows
and slings. They make nets to take their fish of the fin of a whale;
they do all their things very artfully, and it should seem that these
simple, thievish islanders have war with those of the main, for many of
them are sore wounded, which wounds they received upon the main land, as
by signs they gave us to understand. We had among them copper ore, black
copper, and red copper; they pronounce their language very hollow, and
deep in the throat; these words following we learned from them:--
Kesinyoh, eat some. Mysacoah, wash it.
Madlycoyte, music. Lethicksaneg, a seal-skin.
Aginyoh, go, fetch. Canyglow, kiss me.
Yliaoute, I mean no harm. Ugnera, my son.
Ponameg, a boat. Acu, shot.
Conah, leap. Aba, fallen down.
Maatuke, fish. Icune, come hither.
Sambah, below. Awennye, yonder.
Maconmeg, will you have this? Nugo, no.
Cocah, go to him. Tucktodo, a fog.
Paaotyck, an oar. Lechiksah, a skin.
Asanock, a dart. Maccoah, a dart.
Sawygmeg, a knife. Sugnacoon, a coat.
Uderah, a nose. Gounah, come down.
Aoh, iron. Sasobneg, a bracelet.
Blete, an eye. Ugnake, a tongue.
Unvicke, give it.