VIII 



WEBUKSIDE 



There is a firm belief among tiie Polarites that a 

 time is to arrive when the world will come to an 

 end, it being known as " Webukside " or the Judg- 

 ment Day. "Tooloogigra," the great and good 

 spirit who was once on earth as a mortal, will be 

 present to judge the quick and the dead. All are to 

 be examined. The wicked, who through the sinful 

 lives they led while on earth have not merited eternal 

 happiness, are to be rejected and consumed in the 

 great fire which will finally destroy the world. 

 Those whose good lives have earned for them 

 eternal joy are to be saved; they are to pass with 

 " Tooloogigra" into their future home, where they 

 will live forever, free from all cares, or sorrows, or 

 suffering of any kind. 



When a man dies, it is believed that after the 

 third night some member of the tribe, who has 

 made the journey before, visits the grave to conduct 

 the new one to his home where he is to remain 

 while awaiting the coming of "Webukside." On 

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