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Ahy-go-di-blo-ah-sok
but my wounded him He told them
that they would have to hit his heart to
kill him, but woe to him who did it.
They fired again and he dropped, but
within a year (?) the man whose shot
was fatal mortal to him was killed by
an accidental shot through the heart
and two of his near relatives were killed
by one by an accidental knife thrust
and me by a similar harpoon wound
through the heart. The Eskimos there-
fore consider the antagonist to have
been very powerful as a magician.
As we rounded the extremity
of Cape York Peter said to me
"Only an hour more", but this
was a joke, for within ten minutes
we had reached the settlement
and I was in Ahogadoblah's igloo
about eight o'clock. Nine hours
of driving at a rapid rate and one
hour rest en route. Fifty miles is