Wade fired his musket.

The swarthy, long-haired crowd stared hard at us in perfect silence.

Kit then advanced a little, and pointing to us, and then to himself, exclaimed in a loud voice,-- "_Cob-loo-nak!_" ("Englishmen!") And, by way of giving emphasis to the announcement, he repeated it several times.

Then, pointing off to the east and north, he said,-- "_Oomiak-sook!_" ("Big ship!") And, when this had been duly repeated, he cried out,-- "_Chymo--aunay!_" ("The trade is far off!") "Now the next thing is to seize the _oomiak_," said he.
"We will make them help as bring it up here.

I'll detail a party for that purpose." He now pointed off to the shore with the word _oomiak_, and, stepping up to one of the men, laid his hand on his shoulder, and made signs for him to go with us.