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HOW THE TROUT WAS MADE. 



Once upon a time a man who was a great angekok went 

 out walking along the shore. He looked at the beautiful calm 

 water and wished that he could make something to live in it out 

 of something that grew on the land. So he looked around and 

 saw some willows growing not far from him. He went over and 

 broke off a little dry stick. Then he told his torngak to make it 

 into something alive, and as he spoke he threw the stick into the 

 water. It sank. 



After a short time a fish came up and said to him, "I am 

 very wet and cold. I would rather grow on the land again." 



So the man took the fish out of the water, and folded a 

 piece of seaweed around it. Then he threw it back into the water 

 and bade it go and be useful to all the Eskimo. He named it 

 exa"lupik, the trout. 



The stripe that runs along the side of the trout is the seam 

 where the folds of seaweed meet. 



THE QUARREL OF THE CROW AND THE GULL. 



The Crow and the Gull had a quarrel. The Crow was for 

 the Eskimo, and the Gull for the white man. Whichever won 

 the fight, his side was to be the strongest. So they fought. 

 The Gull won. That is why the white men are more numerous 

 and stronger than the Eskimo. 



THE GIRL WHO MARRIED A WHALE. 



Once a girl was walking along the shore. She wished she 

 had a husband. She saw a whale's skull lying on the sand. 

 So she said, "I will take the whale bone for a husband." It 

 came to life and married her. 



She went to live with the whale in the sea. The whale was 

 very jealous of her, and tied a line to her for fear she would escape. 



One day the girl saw her father and brothers going by in 

 an umiak. She called to them to take her aboard. Soon the 

 whale discovered her escape. He came swimming furiously 

 after the boat. When he was quite near, the girl took off her 



