The next morning he got out of bed. He knew he had to try to go back home because he was all swollen. The next morning there were eleven dog teams with him. The Eskimos brought him home and he went to bed.

He asked them what they wanted. They didn't want anything but Mother gave them grub to take back with them.

That was in April. He never walked, never made a step from April until September. His legs swelled up.

You know how Mother cured him? She said to the man we had for working around, "Go and cut a hole in the ice and get me a boiler of salt water."

She bathed Father's legs with hot salt water three times a day. That's what cured him. Just like Captain Jackman, the hero.