“How did you bring them here?”
“They followed us. They’re gentle as kittens. Had the Esquimaux lived, and had we overtaken him, he might have led us at once to a settlement.”
“And maybe to the very one the crew of the Albatross and my brother Alan have reached,” said Will, hopefully.
“Possibly, lad. However, it shows there are natives near here.”
“And you will search for them?”
“The dogs will find them.”
“How?”
“We will make a new sled and start them over the frozen lake. They will probably start direct for the nearest Esquimaux village.”