630 THE CENTRAL ESKIMO. 



retrace their way for a long distance and feared they would be over- 

 taken by the other boats. But one of the brothers, who was a great 

 angakoq, saved them by his art. He said: " Shut your eyes and do 

 iiiit (i]ii'ii tlii'in before I tell you, and then pull on." They didas they 

 'wirr liailc. and when he told them to look up they saw that they 

 liad sailril riglit through the land, which rose just as high and formid- 

 able behind them as it had formerly obstructed their way. It had 

 opened and let them pass. 



After having sailed some time they saw a long black line in the sea. 

 On coming ncaici- tiny discovered that it was an impenetrable mass 

 of seaweed, so iduipai-l tliat they could leave the boat and stand upon 

 it. There was no chance of pushing the boat through, though it 

 was swifter than a duck. The eldest brother, however, thought of 

 his angakoq art and said to his mother, "Take your hair lace and 

 whip the seaweed." As soon as she did so it sank and opened the 

 way. 



After having overcome thcsi' ()l)stacles thej^ were troubled no more 

 and accomplished their jdurney in safety. When they arrived in 

 their country they went ashore and erected a hut. The two women 

 whom they had taken from their enemies they gave to their young 

 brother Qaudjaqdjuq. 



They wanted to make him a very stiMn^ man. such as thi'v were 

 themselves. For this reason they le(l liim to a lrui;-e stone and said. 

 "Try to lift that stone." As Qaudja(|dju(^ was unalile to do so. they 

 whipped him and said, "Try it again." Now Qaudjaqdjuq could 

 move it a little from its place. The brothers were not yet content 

 and whii^ped him once more. By the last whipping he became vei-y 

 strong and lifted the bowlder and cast it over the hut. 



Then the brothers gave him the whip and told him to beat his 

 wives if they disobeyed him. 



n. QAUDJAQDJUQ. 



A long time ago there was a poor little orphan boy who had no 

 protector and was maltreated by all the inhabitants of the village. 

 He was not even allowed to sleep in the hut, but lay outside in the 

 cold passage among the dogs, who were his pillows and his quilt. 

 Neither did they give him any meat, but flung old, tough walrus 

 hide at him, which he was compelled to eat without a knife. A 

 yoimg girl was the only one who pitied him. She gave him a very 

 small piece of iron for a knife, but bade him conceal it well or the 

 men would take it from him. He did so, i^utting it into his r;rethra. 

 Thus he led a miserable life and did not grow at all, but remained 

 poor little Qaudjaqdjuq. He did not even dare to join the plays of 

 the other children, as they also maltreated and abused him on account 

 of his weakness. 



