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Bay) what to me was astounding intelligence.  Speaking of the relics found on Ni-oun-te-lik, Kod-lu-nar, Tik-koon & Ek-e-lu-zhun, Susy said - 'Wonga tak-oo Altorsen Upungnewin - wong-a [[?speakinen]] ebier nar-me?  I could not fathom this.  When Tuk-oo-li-too came in I asked her what she "Susy" meant?  At first she seemed reluctant to tell me about it.  She said, however, that she (Tuk-oo-li-too) had found out there was a heavy piece of metal on Oo-pung-ne-wing - very heavy for the size - that it took a very strong Innuit to lift it a little way from the ground.  She, (Took-oo-li-too) thought it must be [[underlined]] lead [[/underlined]] or something like it.  But I pushed my enquiries as to her source from which she derived the information knowing from her appearance & that of Susy's that there was something behind the curtain.  Finnally, on my promising Tuk-oo-li-too that I would not 

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communicate what she was about to tell me, to any one here, she said:  That when I was at Ni-oun-te-lik & other places about there with the Innuits, seeking for the relics, "Susy" spoke to Koo-jes-se abut the one she had seen in her young days on Oo-pung-ne-wing, & for reasons of what Koo-jes-se said to her (Susy) she did not tell me of it.
Here, or a few leaves preceeding, I have the testimony of Artarkparu who said that six years ago he saw a huge heavy pice of metal wh. only a very strong Innuit could lift on Oo-pung-ne-wing.  From what I learned at the interview with Artarkparu soon afterwards, the metal was [[underlined]] Smooth [[/underlined]] & [[underlined]] Soft.  By this conduct of Koo-jes-se, [[/underlined]] I was deprived of information of this, in time to examine Oo-pung-ne-wing.  Most undoubtedly one of the most important relics of Frobishers Expedition is now exposed there at Oo-pung-ne-wing