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Updated: May 19, 2025

The dogs are a valuable asset to this people and these two men were dependent on their little teams to a greater extent than on the plates and cups of tin which they received in exchange for them. August 8-9, 1908: Have been trading with the natives without any trouble; they will give anything I want for anything that I have that they want.

Matthew Alexander Henson - A Negro Explorer at the North Pole