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The party arrived at Ponds Inlet, August 21, a forty-five day trip: Court was opened, August 25: Ah-tee-tah was acquitted, Noo-kud-lah found Guilty of Manslaughter and sentenced to ten years imprisonment at Stony Moun- tain Penitentiary, while Oo-roo-re-ung-nak, found Guilty of Man- slaughter was sentenced to two years at the Barracks of the M.

Guardroom at Ponds Inlet.

The trial was conducted with all the formality and decorum of a Supreme Court in the civilized parts of Canada, the Judge, Counsel and Clerk were robed as they would have been in Montreal or Toronto; two fully uniformed men were detailed as prisoners escorts and one as the Judges Usher.

The defense was conducted with great skill, and Crown Counsel said that while in a more civilized part, he would ask for a verdict of murder as justified by the evidence, yet, taking into consideration the ignor- ance of the prisoners, he would be content with a verdict of Man- slaughter.

Xoo-kud-lah was led away at once and entered the Peni- tentiary October 8.