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arms, and so the boys grasped hold of one another and tried the 

 strength of their arms. 



One of the old men then said that he would like to try the 

 strength of his arms with one of the boys, and they grasped one 

 another's arms; but the man dropped his arm, seized the boy be- 

 tween the legs and tore away his sexual organs; then he bound 

 them tightly round his forehead, stuck a stake through his anus, 

 and placed him against one of the walls. The other boy tried to 

 run away, but the old man seized him, did the same with him as 

 he had done to the first, and placed him against the opposite wall. 

 The men now ran down to their kaiaks, lay down, and covered 

 themseh'es over with green leaves. As they lay there, they heard 

 someone sobbing. Those whom they had heard sobbing, came up 

 towards them, searched for the boys and went away again. This 

 they did four times; but as they did not come again any more, the 

 men stepped into their kaiaks and rowed out through the green 

 leaves. 



When they had lost the land from sight, they sighted their 

 own country, and now rowed home and related how they had 

 avenged the murder of their sons. 



18. INURUDSIAK 



told by Kutuluk. 



Inurudsiak was the name of a boy who had three Erkiliks for 

 foster-brothers. When the Erkiliks came down from the inland, 

 they made a hole in the corner of the house and shot all the 

 house-inmates with bows. When they had thus slain all except 

 Inurudsiak and his sister, two Erkiliks remained behind, but the 

 others went back into the interior. The two Erkiliks hung Inu- 

 rudsiak and his sister up by the legs over a deep abyss and then 

 went their way. 



When the children were nearl}^ dying with hunger and thirst, 

 Inurudsiak made water and caught his urine in his mouth, thereby 

 saving his life, but his sister could not catch her urine in her 

 mouth and therefore died. Inurudsiak tried to seize hold of his 

 legs and climb up them to get hold ot the sealskin thong by which 

 he hung; but he fell down again. At last, however, he managed to 

 get hold of the thong and then of the ledge of the rock, and in this 

 way he made his way up. 



He saw an umiak rowing past, in which ho heard the sound 

 ol singing. He called to the people; but he called in a whining 



