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Having arrived at the land of the nu'namiut, the spirit 

 finds them dwelling in villages much as on the earth. He 

 seeks out the location of his relatives and lives with them. They 

 lead a monotonous existence depending on the offerings made 

 at their graves for food and drink. If their relatives neglect 

 them, they go hungry and naked. 



There is no cold nor sleet in the world beneath, but it is dark 

 and gloomy. 



THE PLACE WHERE THE CARIBOU LIVE. 



There was once a great angekok who felt it his duty to find 

 out for the people the place where the caribou went to when 

 they passed in great numbers into the interior. So he asked his 

 torngak to show him where they went. His torngak told him 

 the way to go. He told him to walk on and on, and not to stop 

 until he told him. So the angekok started off. He walked 

 day after day. For two moons he walked. His boots did not 

 wear out because his torngak was with him. 



At last, one day, his torngak said, "Stop! Make no noise, 

 and wait till the sun sets. Then you will see the resting place 

 of the caribou. You must not wish to kill what you see, or I 

 will turn you into a mouse." 



So the angekok did as he had been told. When the sun went 

 down, he saw a very large house made of turf and rock. Stand- 

 ing across the door was a very big deer. It was the king of the 

 caribou. He was so big that the other caribou could walk in 

 under him without touching him. 



The caribou came up in big bands, and all passed under the 

 king into the house. When the last one had passed in, he lay 

 down and kept guard over the others. 



The angekok went home and told the people what he had 

 seen. But he did not dare tell them where to find the wonderful 

 place, for fear that they might desire to kill so many caribou 

 and his torngak would turn him into a mouse. So the Eskimo 

 know that there is a place where the reindeer live and stay 

 with their king, but although they are always looking for it, 

 they can never find it. But they hope to do so some time. 



