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The mishaps to my inland ice party and its enforced re-
turn to head quarters in the latter part of April, 1894, gave me
at last, the opportunity to make a special trip for the discovery
of the aerolites; and on Wednesday, May 16th, '94 I left Anniver-
sary Lodge in search of them, accompanied by Lee with my iron run-
ner sledge and ten dogs.
At the Eskimo settlement of Netiulumi on the south side of
Whale Sound I picked up my guide Telikoteenah. This man was thor-
oughly conversant with the region about Cape York, having lived
there several seasons, and professed to be well acquainted with the
location of the"Saviksue" (aerolites) which he said he had seen
repeatedly. He told me that there were three, of varying sizes,
the smallest about the size of a"mikkie" (dog) indicating a dog
curled up, the second considerably larger, and the third again
very much larger than the second. The two were up on the side of
a mountain. After much talk and considerable hesitation on his
part he agreed to go with me to Cape York and guide me to the
aerolites. He would take his own sledge and four dogs, and for the
consideration of a knife I obtained from Ahngeenyah, another Eski-
mo, five more fine animals. This gave me sixteen dogs and two
sledges.
Ten days later we had rounded the dark cliffs of Cape York
and were approaching the head of a little bight well into the re-
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