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So Koo-muk has a baby has she? Said I, approaching the Mother & lifting the huge skin hood at Koo-muk's back.  There I beheld the little Innuit sound asleep, already dubbed with the name "Ek-er-loun" just 2 weeks old!  Allokee must be quite Sixty years of age & Koo-muk 55!  The infant is feminine gender.  This accounted satisfactorily for the lively motions of Koo-muk wh. I had mistaken for shivering with cold!
I found the wife of "Bill" a very interesting woman - very communicative & pleasant - good looking withal - her cheeks & chin tat-tooed with the usual blue streaks for the married ladies.  A fine pair of Ook-gook soles were laying by Koo-muk & Allokee

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They wished to know if I would not trade for them by giving Allokee Percussion Caps?  I signified my willingness - gave the Caps & took the Soles.
The children of the Ning-u-ar-pins number two Koo-ong (Husky) Ne-r-tou (Kooney)
While in Allokee's Igloo Ook-gook-al-lo came in showing his beaming countenance.  I know of no Innuit that has 

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a bigger, freer, [[underlined]] nobler [[/underlined]] heart than Ook-gook-al-loo.  I like him.
I now come to what will be of intrest to Mess. Williams & Havens, Whales!
While Ook-gook-al-loo was in Allokee's Ig-loo I embraced the opportunity of making rigid, careful enquiries relative to Whales seen in this Bay last Fall.
I asked Ook-gook-al-loo - Tak-koo Ou-bigs Toong-wine?  (That is did you see Whales some time ago about Toong-wine?)  Soon as I mentioned this subject from what I saw of every Innuit within that Igloo of 

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of Old Allokee, I made up my mind in a very few moments that an immense number had been seen.  All wanted to answer.  As it was every one had something to say - all agreeing that Whales [[underlined]] amasuit [[/underlined]] (a great many) had been seen.
Ook-gook-allo said that he went out in his Ki-a day after day about 2 Months ago - just after I & my party passed down the bay on my homeward trip from head of Frobisher Bay - that as often as he went out saw an inexpressible number of Whales.
He tried to give me an idea of the number by throwing out his expansive fingers & thumbs many times - by holding them up & having all of us do the same - then he put forward his feet & wished all to do the same signifying that