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(15 1861 Aug 11 + [[underlined]] my feelings were. [[/underlined]] any how, [[underlined]] I was all - all heart. [[/underlined]] The subject of this [[underlined]] heart [[/underlined]] scene [[underlined]] sea-coal [[/underlined]] of Frobisher's Expedition of 1578! Near three Centuries Ago!! Koo-ou-le-arny, seeing that I had discovered something that made me joyous (even me dancing!) came running with all her might. Though she & other Innuits have known all about this coal being here (as I find by what she & Koo-jes-se inform me to-night) yet not a word had ever been communicated to me about it. I had by perseverance gained information during the year of brick & heavy stone - (the latter of course, I thought to mean iron), but nothing of Coals.* [[right margin]] When I wrote this * I had forgotten what old Oo-ki-pox-y-Ni-noo had told me about coals on the 17th of May - see Journal of 11th May. Hall N.Y. Mar 31/64 [[/right margin]] Soon as Koo-ou-le-arny came up, I held out my hand to her, wh. was full of coal, asking: [[underlined]] Kis-u? [[/underlined]] (what is this?) She answered: 'Innuits kook-'um'. By this I took it that the Innuits have sometimes used it in cooking. Said I: [[underlined]] Innuits Ik-ku-mer E-a-u? 'Ar-me-larng' [[/underlined]] (Yes) was the instant response. I then asked: [[underlined]] Nou timas? [[/underlined]] meaning, Where did these coals come from? Koo-ou-le-arny's response was: [[underlined]] 'Kod-lu-narn Oo me-ark-chu-ar Ki-ete [[?umacuarblo]] echar'. [[/underlined]] A great many years ago White men with big ship came here. This answer made me still more joyous. From what I find on my return to Oo-pung-ne-wing Koo-ou-le-arny has [[end page]] [[start page]] (16) 1861 Aug 11 + 3d Enc 3d day out communicated to her Innuit friends some of my conduct while on that coal pile wh. I discovered this evening. She said that I acted just like an Ange-Ko & that I done one thing an Inuit could not do in that I had danced & laughed - [[underlined]] & made a complete somerset [[/underlined]] on the Coal! Thus much I may record, if I [[underlined]] really danced, [[/underlined]] & accomplished the latter feat, as [[underlined]] she declares I did, [[/underlined]] I have done [[underlined]] what I never did before in all my life! [[/underlined]] However, I am not reluctant to acknowledge the truth in all its simplicity for, [[underlined]] "Veritas nihil veretur nisi abscondi. [[/underlined]] Truth is afraid of nothing but concealment." I [[underlined]] felt [[/underlined]] like dancing - like turning a dozen somersets! And why did I feel so happy? Because of the discovery I have made to-day of what is a confirmation of the testimony - oral history - I had acquired by great perseverance from the Innuits: that a great many years ago - [[underlined]] many generations ago [[/underlined]] - Kod-lu-narn Oo-mi-ark-Chu-a (White men with big ships) came into this Bay ([[?Tiu-nuk-jok-ping-oo-se-ong) - Because of the chain that I felt was now complete that determined [[underlined]] this to be the Bay that Frobisher discovered [[/underlined]] in 1576 & revisited consecutively in the years 1577 & 1578 - & that Ni-oun-te-lik the Island of my visitation to-day [[underlined]] was the identical one [[/underlined]] on wh. Frobisher landed with the object of establishing winter quarters for the Colony of 100 men that he brought here in his last voyage, to wit in 1578! The account wh. Frobisher gave of his discovery was so indefinite that the Civilized World has remained doubt for nearly 300 years as to where it is. Even to this day Geographers know not its location. Some one has made a guess & approximated to the fact - simply approximated. In a few days I trust I shall return either confirming it to be
