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KALUTUNAH UNCIVILIZED.
at his red shirt which dangled beneath an old coat. It
was all very fine and very wonderful. " Don't I look
pretty ? " was the poser which he put to everybody.
But this pleasing state of mind into which he had
been thrown by this new style of costume was doomed
to be short-lived. The novelty wore off in a few days.
It ceased to amuse him; and he discovered, no doubt,
that in gratifying his vanity he was vexing the flesh.
One day he appeared on board in his old suit of furs.
"What has become of the cap and red shirt and coat?"
" Oh! I tumbled into the water, and my wife is drying
them ! " The truth leaked out afterward that he had
gone home, changed the white man's finery for the
cold-resisting fox-skins, and had chucked the whole
suit among the rocks.
Kalutunah's team fell to Mr. Knorr from sheer necessity, since there was no one else in the ship except
Hans who could handle the whip. Knorr, with commendable foresight, had commenced his exercises early
in the winter, plainly foreseeing that his chances of
accompanying me throughout my northern journey
were not likely to be diminished by knowing how to
drive dogs. The labor properly devolved upon one
of the sailors; but the field was open to all alike;
and the young gentleman, finding that official dignity stood in the way of his ambition, with a spirit
which I was not slow to appreciate, did not long hesitate in his choice.
I have elsewhere mentioned that the labor of driving dogs is not an easy one. Indeed, of all the members of my party, Mr. Knorr was the only one who
succeeded well. Even in Southern Greenland, among
the Danes long resident there, it is rare to find a skillful driver. Neither of the sailors, Carl nor Christian,
| Title | Hayes, I. I. (Isaac Israel), 1867. The open Polar Sea. |
| Alternative Title | The open Polar Sea: a narrative of a voyage of discovery towards the North pole, in the schooner "United States". By Dr. I.I. Hayes. |
| Reference Title | Hayes, I. I. (Isaac Israel), 1867. The open Polar Sea. |
| Creator | Hayes, I. I. (Isaac Israel), 1832-1881. |
| Subject |
United States (Schooner). Arctic regions. Gold blocked bindings (Binding) -- 19th c. |
| Publisher | New York, Published by Hurd and Houghton. |
| DateOriginal | 1867 |
| Format | JP2 |
| Extent | 22 cm. |
| Identifier | ice112 |
| Call Number | G665 1860.H41 |
| Language | English |
| Collection | Polar Expeditions |
| Rights | http://www.lindahall.org/imagerepro/ |
| Data Contributor | Linda Hall Library, LHL Digital Collections |
| Title | Page 292. |
| Format | tiff |
| Format-Original | tiff |
| Identifier | ice112332 |
| Relation-Is part of | Is part of: The open Polar Sea. |
| Rights | http://www.lindahall.org/imagerepro/ |
| OCR Transcript | 292 KALUTUNAH UNCIVILIZED. at his red shirt which dangled beneath an old coat. It was all very fine and very wonderful. " Don't I look pretty ? " was the poser which he put to everybody. But this pleasing state of mind into which he had been thrown by this new style of costume was doomed to be short-lived. The novelty wore off in a few days. It ceased to amuse him; and he discovered, no doubt, that in gratifying his vanity he was vexing the flesh. One day he appeared on board in his old suit of furs. "What has become of the cap and red shirt and coat?" " Oh! I tumbled into the water, and my wife is drying them ! " The truth leaked out afterward that he had gone home, changed the white man's finery for the cold-resisting fox-skins, and had chucked the whole suit among the rocks. Kalutunah's team fell to Mr. Knorr from sheer necessity, since there was no one else in the ship except Hans who could handle the whip. Knorr, with commendable foresight, had commenced his exercises early in the winter, plainly foreseeing that his chances of accompanying me throughout my northern journey were not likely to be diminished by knowing how to drive dogs. The labor properly devolved upon one of the sailors; but the field was open to all alike; and the young gentleman, finding that official dignity stood in the way of his ambition, with a spirit which I was not slow to appreciate, did not long hesitate in his choice. I have elsewhere mentioned that the labor of driving dogs is not an easy one. Indeed, of all the members of my party, Mr. Knorr was the only one who succeeded well. Even in Southern Greenland, among the Danes long resident there, it is rare to find a skillful driver. Neither of the sailors, Carl nor Christian, |
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