. The War Cry . particular song praisewas given to the springtime, anda longing was expressed for itsarrival: mention was also madeof the trials of women at child-birth, and wishes were good luck to the hunt-ers. The song continued up-wards of an hour,, after whichone of the strangers was invitedto sing, and on his taking theMoor was presented by the oldman with a hatchet as a mark ofcourtesy. The stranger was aKenipitu from Chesterfield inlet,and as he was not accompaniedby bis wife he had himself tosing his song, which he did in aloud voice. The Keniptiu wo-men of Hie neighbo
. The War Cry . particular song praisewas given to the springtime, anda longing was expressed for itsarrival: mention was also madeof the trials of women at child-birth, and wishes were good luck to the hunt-ers. The song continued up-wards of an hour,, after whichone of the strangers was invitedto sing, and on his taking theMoor was presented by the oldman with a hatchet as a mark ofcourtesy. The stranger was aKenipitu from Chesterfield inlet,and as he was not accompaniedby bis wife he had himself tosing his song, which he did in aloud voice. The Keniptiu wo-men of Hie neighbourhood loyal-ly supported him in the first thanked the donor of thehalthet for his magnificent pre-sent, of which be would makevaluable use. He next describedthe country from whence hecame, and said that he was ac-quainted with Ihe hunting of thesea animals. He expressed a wishto be a great and successful hun-ter, and deprecated the waste ofanimals killed for food. By thistime he was fairly exhansted,. Aivillik Women at FullcrCon, art, but occasionally there arisesa real artist, who when encour-aged will produce wonderfullyartistic models of the variousanimals, men, dogsleds, and al-most anything suggested to are expert in niakingmodels of kyaks and huntinggear. A common amusement, accom-panied by more or less ceremonyis the sing-song. When such aperformance takes place all thenatives of the band congregatein one of the larger houses, sil-ting around on every availablespot. The writer attended one ofthese sing-songs given in honorof some visiting natives at CapeFullerfon. The ceremony com-menced by an elderly nativestanding out in the middle of thefloor space, and beginning to hopgently about. His wife thenstarted the song, being accom-panied in the chorus by theother women of his band. Thesong is sung-a line at a time, ina minor key, the. air being con-fined to about three notes, After:each line the chorus of Iwo linesis sung, and is somewhat like,Ai yea y
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