able to restrain myself from going forth with a 

 club and assaulting them. 



Despite the "demons," we were both feeling 

 quite well again by the fifth day ; and when the 

 shamans appeared, we opened the door and tri- 

 umphed over them by bidding them a most smil- 

 ing good morning ! Never have I seen a keener 

 spasm of disgust pass over the human counte- 

 nance than that which puckered old Aabwook's 

 leering visage at sight of our apparent good 

 health. They had expected to find us at our last 

 gasp. It is difficvilt to preserve a Christian spirit 

 toward those who hate you so. and seek in every 

 way to bring about your death. 



Unfortunately our own attack of influenza was 

 followed by several cases among ovir pupils ; and 

 from what is known of the disease, I had little 

 doubt that they took it from us. The shamans 

 were not slow to go about, declaring that the 

 "spirits" were angry on account of the presence 

 of the white teachers in the village, and that the 

 children were bewitched from handling the 

 school-books, slates, chalk and so forth. Eleven 

 pupils ceased to come to the schoolhouse. In 

 these circumstances I deemed it best to give 

 more thought to curing than to teaching the 

 others. Fortunately, we had medicines and also 

 disinfectants. 



Our first step was to disinfect the schoolroom 

 thoroughly, at night after school, by keeping it 

 full of brimstone fumes for several hours. We 

 also made use of chlorides. 



Several of the families were reluctant to have 

 us visit the sick children, or to have them take 

 our medicines, but I insisted on administering 

 quinine, with the result that all save one recov- 

 ered in the course of a few days, and showed pro- 

 digious appetites. Then, contrary to the advice 

 and threats of the shamans, eight of the absentees 

 returned to school. Naturally the spite of the 

 sorcerers against us increased. 



During the last week of February Toolluk 

 caused the death of one of our pupils, a little boy 

 six years old. The "child was ill ; the shamans 

 told its parents that the white sorcerers had be- 

 witched it, and that it must be exposed out-of- 

 doors at night. They obeyed, and the poor little 

 fellow soon died, whereupon Toolluk no doubt 

 said that our sorcery had been too strong to be 

 overcome. 



Not long after this I was made aware that Aab- 

 wook had gained access to our storehouse again. 

 Three dozen cans of beef, not to mention other 

 supplies, had disappeared. This time I discov- 

 ered how he had got in. Adjoining the store- 

 house at its far end was a very small lean-to. 

 The thievish shaman had dug a hole through a 

 deep snow-drift at the back to the sill, and then 

 tunnelled under this, and so come up inside. 



At first, I said nothing of my discovery to my 

 wife ; but I asked Kannakut, one of my oldest, 

 most trustworthy pupils, to make an errand to 

 Neewak's house, where Aabwook had quartered 

 himself, and report to me whether any of my 



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