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"We now made up our minds that Eatum was nothing more than a treacherous savage; and we were afraid that he would come back with more savages and murder us, in order that he might get the furs and other things that we had; so for a while we were much alarmed, and were more heartbroken I believe, than ever before, for our hopes of rescue had been raised very high by hearing of Eatum's people and the ships.
The woman who was particularly kind to me was the wife of Eatum; and the Dean and I at once called her Mrs. Eatum, which made them all yeh-yeh very much; and they got to calling her that too, as near, at least, as they could pronounce it which was, Impsuseatum. Her right name was Serkut, which means 'little nose'; Eatum's right name was Tuk-tuk, that is, reindeer, because he could run very fast.
"Old Grim drove his sledge close up along side of Eatum's, trying to pass; and we went into the village with a perfect rush, the men shouting, the dogs barking, and everything in an uproar generally. "While this race between Old Grim and Eatum was going on, the Dean and I were for a few moments side by side, and near together. The Dean called out to me, 'Hardy, this don't seem real, does it?
Him they finally called Aupadleit, which means 'Little Red-head, though the Dean's hair was not exactly red, but very bright, and the savages admired it very much; so the Dean, to humor them, cut off great locks of it, and gave it to them all round. "I took a great interest in Eatum's children, and this further inclined Mr. and Mrs. Eatum to have a good opinion of me.
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