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The Eskimo's heart ceased to flutter, and the hope died out of his expressive eyes as he said, still hesitating, "But but I am very heavy and you are very light. A canoe does not go well with its head deep in the water. Don't you think that I should sit behind and steer?" "And where would you steer to?" asked Adolay, with a somewhat pert smile.
He was formally arrested by Wight and committed for trial by the Inspector. From the evidence it seemed clear that the priests in their eagerness to get ahead had attempted to force the two men to go along with them. Uluksak said one of them put his hand on the Eskimo's mouth and would not let him say anything.
"If they come up with us, Uppy you die!" The Eskimo's narrow eyes widened. There was murder in this white woman's face, in the steadiness of her hand, and in her voice. If they came up with them he would die! Swiftly he gathered up his sleeping-bag and placed it on the sledge. Then he roused the dogs, tangled in their traces. They rose to their feet, sleepy and ill-humored.
A groan and glance of indifference was the Eskimo's reply, for starvation and danger were familiar and prospective evils, whereas toothache was a present horror. We fear it must be told of Ippegoo that he was not celebrated for endurance of pain, and that, being fond of sympathy, he was apt to give full vent to his feelings the result, perhaps, of having an over-indulgent mother.
Of course they could have brained or stabbed him easily, but, remembering their chief's order to take the man alive, they sought to quell him by sheer force. Stout and sinewy though the four braves were, they had their hands full during a good many minutes, for the Eskimo's muscles were tougher and harder than india-rubber; his sinews resembled whip-cord, and his bones bars of iron.
An Eskimo's chief happiness seems to be in eating, and I cannot wonder at it, for the poor creatures have hard work to get food, and they are often on the verge of starvation. "What a dirty set they are! I shall never forget the appearance of Myouk's hut when we entered it this evening after returning from the hunt.
Quick as lightning Alizay, with his free hand, drew his scalping-knife and struck at the Eskimo's shoulder, but not less quick was Cheenbuk in releasing the throat and catching the Indian's wrist with a grip that rendered it powerless. For a minute the Eskimo remained motionless, considering how best to render his adversary insensible without killing him. That minute cost him dear.
Even an angekok may find a bit of good fat seal worth swallowing. Did you not set them free? You deserve a bit!" There was a spice of chaff as well as jollity in the big Eskimo's tone and manner; but he was such a gushing fellow, and withal so powerful, that the wizard deemed it wise not to take offence.
And no wonder, for a large part of our young Eskimo's life had been spent in battling with the forces of Nature, and the hardships of life as displayed in the Arctic regions to say nothing of frequent conflicts with the seal, the walrus and the polar bear. Running his kayak among the rushes of a small inlet, Cheenbuk stepped out of the hole in its centre into the stream.
"Yes. I know him well. He loves truth, and he will do what he says." "It is a long time till the open water comes. Will the young Eskimo's mind not change?" "Cheenbuk's mind will not change. He loves Adolay better than himself." Nazinred pondered this statement for some time in silence, caressing the sleek head of Attim as he did so.
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