A TEEASUEY OF ESKIMO TALES 



land except the top of this mountain, and the 

 only animals that were not drowned were a few 

 that went up this mountain. A few people es- 

 caped by going into their boats and living on the 

 fish they caught until the water subsided. 



After the w r aters lowered, these people went to 

 live upon the mountains, and when the land was 

 dry they came down to the coast. The animals 

 also came down and eventually the earth was re- 

 filled with animals and people. 



It was during the flood that the waves and 

 currents of water cut the land into hollows and 

 ridges. Then the water ran back into the sea 

 leaving the mountains and valleys as they are to- 

 day. All the Eskimo along the northern part of 

 North America have heard their old people tell 

 of the flood. 



There are reindeer which came from the sky 

 and which have teeth like dogs. They were once 

 common and anyone could see them, but now 

 only the priests can see them. They live on the 

 plains, and have a large hole through the body 

 back of the shoulders. If the people, who can see 

 them, mistake them for common reindeer and 

 shoot at them, the arrow falls harmless, for no 

 ordinary weapon can kill them. 



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