334 THE HUDSON BAY ESKIMO. 



The wolverene continued to scream: " Come here, sister, our father has 

 sent nie to look for yon. You were lost when you were a little girl 

 out picking berries." Thus spoken to, the bear approached the sup- 

 posed brother, who informed her that he knew of a place, on the hill 

 there, where a lot of nice berries were ready for eating, saying: "Do 

 you not see the berries growing on that hill, sister ? " The bear ans- 

 wered : " I can not see so great a distance." So the two went up the 

 hillside where the berries grew. When they arrived at the place, and 

 it was some distance oft', the bear asked: "How is it that your eyes are 

 so good?" The wolverene replied: My father mashed a lot of cran- 

 berries into my eyes and put me into a sweat house." The bear said : 

 " I wish my eyes were as good as yours." The wolverene answered : 

 " I will make your eyes as good as mine if you will gather a lot of 

 cranberries while I prepare a sweat house." The bear went to gather 

 berries while the other jjrepared the house during her absence. The 

 wolverene selected a stone having a sharp edge, which she concealed 

 under the moss in the sweat house, while she procured a larger stone 

 for the pillow. 



After the sweat house was completed the wolverene cried out: 

 "Sister, the sweat house is finished!" The bear returned, bringing a 

 quantity of berries. They both went into the sudatory, whereupon 

 the wolverene instructed the bear to lie with her head upon the stone 

 pillow, while he prepared the crushed berries to put in her eyes. He 

 then said to her: "Now, sister, do not move; you may find the berries 

 will hurt the eyes and make them very sore, but they will be better 

 soon." The wolverene filled the bear's eyes full of the sour berries, 

 which made her exclaim: "Brother, they are making my eyes very 

 sore." The wolverene answered : " Ton will find them the better for 

 that. After I get your eyes full of the berries I will blow my breath 

 on them." After the eyes of the bear were full of berries the wolver- 

 ene said: "You are too good to be a sister," so he struck her on the 

 head with the sharp-edged stone and cleft her skull between the eyes 

 and killed her. 



The rabbit and the frog. — One day a rabbit was wandering among 

 the hillsides, and at a short distance from him he observed a tent 

 belonging to some Indians. Being timid he crept up to the side of 

 the tent and jjceped through a small hole, and saw inside of it a frog 

 sitting near the fire. The rabbit seeing no danger accosted the frog 

 thus: "Brother, what are you doing?" The frog replied: I am play- 

 ing with the ashes. My brothers have gone off hunting and I am here 

 as I have a very sore leg and can not go far." The rabbit rejoined, 

 "come with me and I will keep you?" The ft'og answered, " I can -iiot 

 walk as my leg is too sore." The rabbit offered to carry the frog on 

 his back. The rabbit took the frog and giving him a toss threw him 

 on his back and said : " This is the way I will carry you." So they 

 started for the home of the rabbit, where, upon arriving, the rabbit 



