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Of course the apology was accepted; and, after
speeches were delivered, and protestations of undying
friendship made on both sides, the party were pre-
sented with a few trinkets and a plug of tobacco each,
and sent back in a state of supreme happiness to their
village, where for a week Awatok Kept the men of
his tribe, and Aninga the women, in a state of intense
amazement by their minute descriptions of the remark-
able doings of the white strangers.

The friendship thus begun between the Esquimaux
and the Dolphin’s crew was never once interrupted by
any unpleasant collision during the months that they
afterwards travelled and hunted in company. Strength
of muscle and promptitude in action are qualities which
all nations in a savage state understand and respect ,
and the sailors proved that they possessed these
qualities in a higher deeree than themselves during
the hardships and dangers incident to Arctic life,
while at the same time their seemingly endless re-
sourees and contrivances impressed the simple natives
with the belief that white men could accomplish any-
thing they chose to attempt.