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a woman". — Now that he had slain a man, he began to kill the 

 kaiakers whom he met when he was out hunting. When he 

 had grown older and his mother was dead, a desire came upon 

 him to take vengeance on the man who had killed his family. He 

 went oft' thither in his umiak, keeping close to the shore. When 

 he drew near his birthplace, he began to weep saying: "What 

 mighty wrongs I suff'ered here in those days!" He sobbed so vio- 

 lently that the boat shook, and he seized the steering-oar as though 

 he would slay the rowers, so that they also began to sob. 



When he had come ashore, he inquired where Nuerniakajik 

 was. He searched for and found him, but Nuerniakajik fled in fear. 

 Kunuk went up to Nuerniakajik's cousin, who was working at an 

 umiak, and begged him to lend him his big knife (pana), and asked 

 him if he should kill Nuerniakajik? "Nay, you must not kill him!" 

 "Why won't you lend me your knife ; I have such a desire to slay 

 him". The man now grew afraid, and stepped back a little, saying: 

 "You may slay Nuerniakajik if you will." Kunuk was, however, 

 unable to find Nuerniakajik. When it grew light next morning, he 

 saw something bright away up on the hill. It was Nuerniakajik 

 who lay asleep under a roof-skin. Kunuk went up to him and 

 lifted up the skin with his long knife, whereupon Nuerniakajik 

 caught sight of him. Kunuk laid himself down on his belly on 

 the roof-skin with which the other was covered, and pressing him 

 down with one hand so that he could not move, he inserted his 

 knife in his neck close to his shoulder. This he did with studied 

 slowness, because he wanted it to hurt more. Blood began to run 

 out, and Nuerniakajik died. After that Kunuk stabbed all his 

 children to death, thus wreaking vengeance on them for the wrongs 

 his family had suffered from their father. 



5. UIARTEK 



told by Utuak^). 



Uiartek started with wife and child from here (Angmagsalik), 

 travelling southwards along the coast. Before he rounded the southern 

 corner, he met a man who kept him company with another umiak 

 in which there was likewise only the man's wife and child. Uiartek 



'j Utuak has furnished me with two accounts of Uiartek; one of these begins 

 with the preceding tale '^Kunuk" and ends лу1111 the following ^4iasagsik" ; I 

 have, liowever, omitted them here, regarding them as adventitious additions. 

 Kutuluk has also supplied me with a version of this tale. 1 have used his 

 account to supplement that of Uliiak. 



