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Updated: May 23, 2025
While he gazed at the busy groups below, our weak-minded youth observed two of the party step into kayaks which lay on the beach, push off into the bay, and commence what may be styled "kayak exercise." As Ippegoo greatly enjoyed witnessing such exercises, he threw off his lethargy, and, leaping up, quickly descended to the shore.
At early dawn next morning Ippegoo was awakened from a most refreshing slumber by a gentle shake of the shoulder. "Oh! not yet, mother," groaned the youth in the drowsiest of accents; "I've only just begun to sleep." He turned slowly on the other side, and tried to continue his repose, but another shake disturbed him, and a deep voice said, "Awake; arise, sleepy one."
"Command my mother!" exclaimed Ippegoo, in amazement. Again the wizard was obliged to have recourse to his wisdom in order to subdue this weak mind.
"Ippegoo," said Ujarak, on drawing near to the outskirts of his village, and coming unexpectedly on his satellite, who was in the act of dragging home a seal which he had just killed, "I meet you in the nick of time but that is no wonder, for did not my torngak tell me he would cause you to meet me near the village? I want your assistance just now."
"I would be more thankful," said Ippegoo, with a woe-begone expression, "if we had saved even a spear; but what can we do without food or weapons?" "Do? my son," said Kunelik; "can we not at least keep up heart? Who ever heard of any good coming of groaning and looking miserable?" "Right you are, old girl," cried Rooney, giving the mother of Ippegoo a hearty pat on the shoulder.
Holding on to the tail with heroic resolution, while Pussi was already swinging in mid-air, the poor boy opened wide his eyes and mouth, and gave vent to a series of yells so tremendous that the hearts of Ujarak and Ippegoo leaped into their throats, as they rushed out of the cavern and hastened to the rescue. But another ear had been assailed by those cries.
Now, what I want you to do is to become very solemn in your manner and speech from this moment till the deed is finished. Will you remember?" Ippegoo hesitated a moment. He felt just then so unusually solemn that he had difficulty in conceiving it possible to become more so, but remembering the change that was about to take place, he said brightly, "Yes, I'll remember."
I dare say the wife of Okiok would like to hear what that message is." "Huk! That is true," said Nuna quickly. "And," continued Issek, "Ippegoo speaks of the suspicions of Angut. What does he suspect? We would all like to know that." "Huk! huk! That is also true," exclaimed every one. "My son," whispered Kunelik, "silence is the only hope of a fool. Speak not at all."
"What care I whether you call it mad tooth or tootik?" cried Ippegoo petulantly. "It is horrible! dreadful! awful! like fire and fury in the heart." The sufferer used one or two more Eskimo expressions, suggestive of excruciating agony, which are not translatable into English.
"He did," cried Okiok, with the sudden animation of one who has conceived an idea. "Run, Arbalik, Ippegoo, Ermigit, Norrak, and seek for the kayak." The youths named ran off to obey, with the alacrity of well-trained children, and in half an hour returned in triumph with the kayak on their shoulders.
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