Tales the Eskimos tell, selected and retold . mwithout touching him. The angekok knew atonce that this was the king of the caribou. Soon bands of caribou began to come up. 7 One by one they passed under the king intothe house. When the last one had passed inthe great deer lay down and kept guard overthe others. The angekok went home and told thepeople what he had seen. But he did not dareto tell them where to find the wonderfulplace, for fear they might desire to kill somany caribou that his torgnak would turnhim into a mouse. So now the Eskimos know that there isa place where the reindeer liv
Tales the Eskimos tell, selected and retold . mwithout touching him. The angekok knew atonce that this was the king of the caribou. Soon bands of caribou began to come up. 7 One by one they passed under the king intothe house. When the last one had passed inthe great deer lay down and kept guard overthe others. The angekok went home and told thepeople what he had seen. But he did not dareto tell them where to find the wonderfulplace, for fear they might desire to kill somany caribou that his torgnak would turnhim into a mouse. So now the Eskimos know that there isa place where the reindeer live with theirking. They are always looking for it but theyhave never found it. Some day, they hope,some lucky Eskimo will find the wonderfulhome of the caribou herds. HOW THE WALRUS ANDCARIBOU WERE MADE One day the goddess Superguksoak madesome new boots and breeches for herself. Sheput them on and then she said to herself,What shall I do with my old boots andbreeches? They are not worn out. I shallmake them into animals for my people So she took the boots in her hands andchanged them into a large animal. It wassomething like a seal but it had antlers on itshead. Go, said Superguksoak, go to thewater. There is your home.^ So the animalwent to live in the water and the people calledit a walrus. Then she took her breeches and madethem into a big land animal. It had markingson its coat just like the markings on thebreeches, and it had two strong ivory tusks. Go, said the old woman, go, Caribou,live on the land and make the Eskimo hunterhappy. When the Eskimos saw these new animalsthey were very happy indeed. Now we shallhave plenty to eat, they said. But after a time there was great grief in the Eskimo villages. The women wailed and 10 beat their breasts, for many hunters had beenkilled. At first no one knew what had happened,but by and by the people found out that thewalrus and the caribou were causing thetrouble. The walrus would tip over the lightkayaks with his antlers
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