Vietnam or Thailand ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
Updated: June 9, 2025
"That may be so," said Cheenbuk, with serious gravity. "I wonder we did not think of it before." "But if so," objected Nazinred, who always took things seriously, "what is the use of the hollow in its head, and for what are these lines and ties fixed about it?"
So saying he began to move as if in a funeral procession, closely followed by Cheenbuk, Oolalik, and old Mangivik. As they reached the head of the staircase something like an explosion occurred, for the deck was partially burst up by the heat. The three Eskimos, who did not think their dignity affected by haste, leaped down the stair in two bounds, but Nazinred did not alter his walk in the least.
None of the young men dared to touch him." "Was the young brave Alizay afraid to touch him?" asked the guide, with a sly glance at the younger woman. At this Idazoo flushed and looked up angrily. "No," she said sharply; "Alizay fears nothing." Bartong took no notice of the remark, but continued gravely to question the other. "Was Nazinred very fond of his daughter?" he asked. "Yes, very."
Nazinred silently obeyed, pointed his gun at the clouds, and fired; then the whole party awaited the result, listening intently. They heard much more than had been expected, for the cliffs embraced several echoes, which, being thus rudely awakened, sent the shot crashing back with multiplied violence, to the no little surprise, as well as alarm, of the hearers.
While Mozwa was thus engaged with the leader of the expedition, their guide Bartong was wandering among the wigwams and making himself agreeable to the natives, who, because of his mixed blood and linguistic powers, regarded him as a half-brother. "Who is this man Nazinred that our leader is always talking about?" he asked of the old chief while seated in his tent.
A few of these, like the watch, had some light thrown on them by Nazinred, who had either seen something like them in use among the fur-traders, or whose sagacity led him to make a shrewd occasional guess.
"The geese and the ducks are in plenty just now," continued Nazinred; "I hope that he and Magadar will be more taken up with filling their mouths than fighting till I return and then I can hinder them." "H'm!" responded Mozwa. He might have said more, but was busy lighting his pipe at the moment.
"It might have been a greater loss," said Nazinred, glancing towards the well-filled storehouses on shore. "That is true; but just think of what a supply of wood for spears and sledges! It would have been enough to last the lives of our children's children, if not longer." "Did I not tell you that something would happen?" said Aglootook, coming forward at that moment.
Again Nazinred paused, and Cheenbuk felt very uncomfortable, for although he knew that it was impossible for the Indian to guess that the Eskimo with whom he had once had a personal conflict was the same man as he who had been taken prisoner and had escaped with his daughter, still he was not sure that the astute Red man might not have put the two things together and so have come to suspect the truth.
But next day Nazinred relaunched his canoe, and, with a small quantity of provisions and a large supply of ammunition, set off alone for the shores of the Arctic Sea. What he told his wife is not known, but he gave no explanation whatever to any of his comrades as to his intentions.
Word Of The Day
Others Looking