Eskimo folk-tales . She dreamed that two creatures were fightingabove her head. And when she told the others of this, they allagreed that the avengers must be near. They gathered together inone house to ask counsel of the spirits, and when the spirit callinghad commenced, then suddenly a dog upon the roof of the housebegan to bark. The men dashed out, but their enemies had already surroundedthe house, and now set about to take their full revenge, shooting downevery man with arrows. At last, when they were no more left, theychose themselves wives from among the widows, and bore them off;to thei
Eskimo folk-tales . She dreamed that two creatures were fightingabove her head. And when she told the others of this, they allagreed that the avengers must be near. They gathered together inone house to ask counsel of the spirits, and when the spirit callinghad commenced, then suddenly a dog upon the roof of the housebegan to bark. The men dashed out, but their enemies had already surroundedthe house, and now set about to take their full revenge, shooting downevery man with arrows. At last, when they were no more left, theychose themselves wives from among the widows, and bore them off;to their own place. But two of them took Navaranapaluk and hurried off with her. And she, thinking that both wished to have her to wife, cried out : ? Which is it to be ? Which is it to be ? The men laughed, and made no answer, but ran on with her. Then suddenly they cut through both her arms with their soon she fell, and the blood went from her, and she died. This fate they meted out to her because she fr kAgssagssuk, the homeless boy who became a strong man ONE day, it is said, when the men and women in the place hadgone to a spirit calling, the children were left behind, all inone big house, where they played, making a great noise. A homeless boy named Kagssagssuk was walking about aloneoutside, and it is said that he called to those who were playing insidethe house, and said : You must not make so much noise, or the Great Fire willcome. The children, who would not beheve him, went on with theirnoisy play, and at last the Great Fire appeared. Little Kagssagssukfled into the house, and cried : Lift me up. I must have my gloves, and they are up there ! So they lifted him up to the drying frame under the roof. And then they heard the Great Fire come hurrying into the housefrom without. He had a great live ribbon seal for a whip, and thatwhip had long claws. And then he began dragging the children outthrough the passage with his great whip, and each time he drew oneou
Size: 1228px × 2036px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1920, bookpublisherlondon, bookyear192
