ere there, who came out to meet us; and their dogs
rushed out too, making a great noise; and when we had halted, a number
of women joined them, all dressed in furs just like the men, and also
children dressed in the same way, and all very curious about us, and all
_yeh-yeh_-ing a great deal. Indeed, we made such a commotion in the
village as never was seen before.

"But everybody appeared to be kindly disposed towards us, and into one
of the huts we were both taken immediately, and down we sat on the floor
of the hut, which was covered all over with bear-skins. There were two
lamps in it, almost exactly like ours, and two pots were hanging over
them. We had soon a good meal, and very quickly after that were sound
asleep; and even although it was a snow hut, and among savages, we were
thankful in our very heart of hearts. And our thankfulness was because
we were among human beings once more, and felt no longer as if we were
wholly cast away from the world; and we now felt hopeful that through
these savages would come means of escape to our homes. We felt thankful,
too, that they treated us so kindly,--the women especially; for, savages
though they were, they were possessed of much feeling and sympathy. One
of the women made the Dean go to sleep with his head in her lap, which
it was easy to see he did not like a bit; and, before this, she had fed
him with her own fingers, and, while he was sleeping, she stroked his
bright hair away from his handsome face. Another of the women treated me
very much in the same way; but being older, and not handsome, like the
Dean, I did not come in for so many favors.

"Then, besides that, the women took off our damp fur stockings, and gave
us dry ones before we went to sleep; and they seemed to want to do
everything they could for us, so that we soon became convinced they
meant us no harm. The woman who was particularly kind to me was the wife
of Eatum; and the Dean and I at once called her Mrs. Eatum, which made
them all _yeh-yeh_ very much; and they got to calling her that too,--as
near, at least, as they could pronounce it which was, _Impsuseatum_. Her
right name was _Serkut_, which means 'little nose'; Eatum's right name
was _Tuk-tuk_, that is, reindeer, because he could run very fast. There
were two young Eatums; and when I began to play with them, I grew in
great favor with the Eatum family.

"The Dean was quite as well off for patrons as I, being specially taken
care of by a woma