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poon, the first harpooner loses all claim to it when the float 

 becomes detached. 



" 8. If two hunters strike a bird at the same time, it shall 

 be equally divided between them. 



" 9. Whoever is first to see a bear has first ovynership, no 

 matter who slays it. 



" 10. After slaying a bear, the man who kills it shall hang 

 up his hunting implements, together with the bladder of the 

 beast, in some high, conspicuous place, for at least three days, 

 and for four days* shall be separated from his wife. 



" 11. When a walrus is slain, the successful hunter shall 

 be separated from his wife for at least one day. 



" 12. The borrower of tools shall not be bound to give 

 compensation for damages. 



" 13. No person shall ' muckchucto ' (sew) while any 

 member of the family is ill. 



" 14. If any man for any cause whatsoever slays his 

 neighbor, the wife and family of the deceased shall become 

 the famUy of the slayer, and shall be taken care of by him 

 as if they were his own." 



One Eskimo legend regarding the origin of the people has 

 already been related. Another of special interest, regarding 

 the occurrence of a flood, runs something like this: A very 

 long time ago there was a great rain, which was so terrible 

 that it flooded the earth and destroyed all people, with the 

 exception of a few Eskimos, who constructed a raft by lashing 

 together a number of kyacks and took refuge upon it. Upon 

 this raft they drifted for a long time, until they were much 

 reduced by cold and starvation. Then at length, in their dis- 

 tress, their angokoke stood up and cast his harpoon and all 

 their ornaments into the flood of waters. This act sufficed 

 to appease the angry spirits, and the flood subsided. 



This legend is particularly interesting since it adds one to 

 the large number of similar legends belonging to other savage 

 tribes and nations. 



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