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She was clean and neat, and the eglu, though close from being shut up, was neater than most of the Esquimo houses. The bowl filled with seal oil, which served as fire and light, was unlighted, and Alalik's father motioned to her and said something in Innuit, to which she smilingly replied: "My father wishes you to eat with us," she said, and produced her flint bag.
She served it in cups of grass, and Ted thought he had never tasted anything nicer than the cup of afternoon tea served in an eglu. "Alalik, what were you singing as we came in?" asked Ted. "A song my mother always sang to us," she replied. "It is called 'Ahmi, and is an Esquimo slumber song." "Will you sing it now?" asked Mr.
It was the time of snow and they should not have complained, but the chief was evil and he cursed the whiteness. No one should dare to speak evil of the Snow Spirit, which comes from the Unknown! Deeper and deeper grew the snow. It flew like feathers about the eglu, and the slaves had many troubles in putting in limbs for the fire.
Built for the long winter of six or eight months, when it is impossible to do anything out-of-doors, the eglu seems quite comfortable from the Esquimo point of view, but very strange to their American cousins. "I thought the Esquimos lived in snow houses," said Ted, as they looked at the queer little huts, and Kalitan exclaimed: "Huh! Innuit queer Indian!" "No," said Mr.
These are not so. Slay me and spare! But the Snow Spirit answered not, only the wind screamed around the eglu, and his screams were terrible and sad. Then hope left the heart of the chief and he prepared to die with all his people and all his slaves.
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