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Updated: June 2, 2025
Then he had a great deal to tell us about something that he called 'Oomeaksuak', the meaning of which we could not make out; but, as he pointed in a particular direction, we thought he meant the place where he lived. We could not understand from him what his name was; so, as we had to speak of him to each other constantly, we called him at once 'Eatum, as that was the word he used most.
'Ship' was what he meant by 'Oomeaksuak', which word he had at first used so often. He had frequently been aboard of an Oomeaksuak, he said. "Now this was great news for us, and we began at once to devise means of escape from the island. We made Eatum understand as much of what we wanted as possible.
"While reflecting in this way, we heard one of the savages cry out 'Oomeaksuak, Oomeaksuak! several times; and, running a little higher up the hillside whence the cry proceeded, our eyes were gladdened by seeing far off, with the hull yet hidden below the horizon, a ship under full sail, steering northward.
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