In the morning the level plain and edge of the forest held an Indian village.

Caribou hides, strung on forked poles, constituted tent-like habitations with no distinguishable doors.

Fires smoked in the holes in the snow.

Not till late in the day did any life manifest itself round the tepees, and then a group of children, poorly clad in ragged pieces of blankets and skins, gaped at Jones.

He saw their pinched, brown faces, staring, hungry eyes, naked legs and throats, and noted particularly their dwarfish size.