Lady Silence

Silna, later given the nickname Lady Silence, was a member of the Netsilik who had several interactions with the members of the Franklin expedition from 1847 to 1848. Her father, a shaman, was bound to a creature known as Tuunbaq, who the Netsilik believed to be "a spirit dressed as an animal." Following the death of her father in an accidental shooting, she spent several months both camped near the HMS Erebus and HMS Terror and housed aboard the ships. Upon departing, she cut off her tongue in an attempt to bind herself to Tuunbaq. She's next seen at the expedition crew's "carnival" with slashes across her chest, which suggests she failed. Silna is later exiled by the Netsilik following Tuunbaq's death, as is their custom.