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THE ORIGIN OF THE SEA-PIGEONS. 



Once upon a time there were some children playing on the 

 top of a high cliff overlooking the sea. Below them the sea was 

 covered with ice, but while they were playing, the ice opened, 

 and the crack between the ice and the shore was filled with seals. 

 Then the men of the village ran to get their kayaks to kill the 

 seals. 



The children paid no attention to the seals, but kept on 

 playing, shouting at the top of their voices. When the men 

 arrived at the crack in the ice, the seals were gone. They had 

 been frightened away by the children's voices. The men were 

 very angry at the children, and one of them said, "I wish the 

 cliff would fall over and bury those noisy children." He had no 

 sooner spoken than the cliff toppled over and buried the children 

 in the boulders at its foot. But they were changed into sea- 

 pigeons, with red feet. They dwell at the foot of the cliffs to 

 this day. 



HOW THE CARIBOU LOST THEIR LARGE EYES. 



When the caribou were first found by the Eskimo, they had 

 very large eyes. They could see a long distance and were very 

 savage. So the Eskimo found it exceedingly difficult to get near 

 enough to shoot them with their bows and arrows. Conse- 

 quently they often went hungry. 



They asked their Torngak (Torngarsoak) to help them, and 

 to make the caribou tamer. Presently one of the caribou grew 

 very thoughtful. He said in caribou language to the others, "I 

 wish our eyes were not so large, then we should be better looking." 

 So the other caribou said, "Sew our eyes up then." So the 

 thoughtful caribou took a little bone out of its foreleg and a piece 

 of sinew and sewed up the corners of their eyes. The caribou 

 became tamer and could not see so quickly, and the Eskimo were 

 able to take them more easily. 



The Eskimo say that it is because the Torngak of their 

 forefathers helped them that the caribou are not so savage and 

 cannot see so far, and they are able to kill them and eat their 

 meat and wear their skins for clothing. They always show the 



