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It is situated on a point, and in going by in a boat, it appears 

 like a woman seated with her chin on her hand, thinking. The 

 Eskimo of that vicinity relate the following story in connexion 

 with this rock. 



Once there was a woman who was an outcast from the village. 

 She had no people nor relatives, and was a slave for everybody. 

 One day she was going along in a boat by this point. She had 

 been rowing in the umiak all day, and was very tired. She went 

 ashore, and sat down on a rock and started thinking. 



First she wished that she were dead and her labour over. 

 Then she wished that she could be changed into a stone, like the 

 one she was sitting on. While she was thinking this, a crow 

 flew over her. He made three circles over her, and as he cawed 

 three times, she was gradually turned into a stone. 



She is still seen in the same position with her hand to her 

 chin, thinking. The Eskimo make offerings to her of needles, 

 tobacco, and matches, whenever they pass. Some of the women 

 have put a necklace of beads around her neck. 



ORIGIN OF THE WALRUS AND CARIBOU. 



Superguksoak made the walrus from her boots and the 

 caribou from her breeches. The spots on the deer correspond 

 to the marks on her breeches. When first made, the walrus had 

 antlers on its head and the caribou had tusks. But the walrus 

 upset the kayaks with its antlers and the caribou killed the 

 hunters with its tusks, so Superguksoak changed them. She 

 told the caribou to go inland and stay there. When she wants 

 the caribou she calls kaite, kaite, "Come, come." 



THE OWL AND THE RAVEN. 



Once the owl and the raven had a quarrel. The owl became 

 angry and tipped a lamp over the raven. He was completely 

 covered with soot. He was very much ashamed, and flew off, 

 crying, "kaq, kaq." That is why he is black. 



