A TREASURY OF ESKIMO TALES 



die, his mother must rush out of the house with 

 him at once. If she does not do so, everything in 

 the house must be thrown away or destroyed, just 

 as is done when a grown person dies in a fur- 

 nished house. 



For a whole year his mother must wear a cap 

 if she steps outside her door, and she must carry 

 his boots about with her. After three days she 

 goes to his tomb and walks around it three times, 

 going around to the left, because that is the way 

 the sun travels. While she walks, she talks to the 

 dead child and promises to bring him food. A 

 year after his death she must do this again, and 

 she must do the same thing whenever she hap- 

 pens to pass near the grave. 



Now we shall tell you some of the tales which 

 the Eskimo mothers relate to their children. The 

 first one is about Kiviung, the Rip Van Winkle 

 of the Eskimos. 



