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Updated: May 2, 2025
"With all my heart," said Rooney, starting off with all his lung-power, which was by no means slight. "Rule Britannia," rendered in good time, with tremendous energy, and all the additional flourishes possible, nearly drove the audience wild with delight. They had never heard anything like it before. "That beats you, Okiok," said Simek. "That is true," replied Okiok humbly.
While he was galloping along under the ice-cliffs on the east side of a great berg, not far from the end of his journey, Okiok, with his wife and daughter on a sledge, chanced to be galloping with equal speed in the opposite direction on the west side of the same berg.
"Ye-a-a-o-o-u!" exclaimed Nuna, turning on her other side; "go, then," and she collapsed. Seeing that his wife was unfit just then to enter into conversation, Okiok got up, accomplished what little toilet he deemed necessary in half a minute, and took his way to the hut of Ippegoo's mother. It is not usual in Eskimo land to indulge in ceremonious salutation.
By degrees he closed the eyes, and allowed the smile to develop into a high falsetto chuckle which convulsed his broad hairy shoulders for full five minutes. From that hour Okiok and the Kablunet were united! They understood each other. The chords of sympathetic humour had vibrated within them in harmony.
It was nearly evening before Okiok and his sons returned. "No sign anywhere," he said in reply to his poor wife's mute inquiry. "Ippegoo," he added, turning to the youth, whose woe-begone expression at another time would have been ludicrous, "I will sleep for some time. Let the dogs be well fed all round, and be ready to start with me when the moon rises."
"You don't think like most of your countrymen," said Rooney, regarding the grave earnest face of his friend with increased interest. There was a touch of sadness in the tone of the Eskimo as he replied "No; I sometimes wonder for their minds seem to remain in the childish condition; though Okiok and Simek do seem at times as if they were struggling into more light.
Glad am I that I am not an angekok, for it would be very difficult work for a stupid man, enough almost to kill him!" "You are right. It is difficult and hard work. So you see the torngak told me go feast with Okiok, and at his bidding of course I have come, on purpose to do so." "That's a lie. You came to see my Nunaga, and you hope to get her; but you never will!" said Okiok.
In these circumstances, she had seized the first motherly tail that came within her reach, and followed it home. It chanced to belong to Kunelik, so she dropped down and slept beside her. "You know, my dear little seal?" said Okiok in surprise. "Yes, me knows. When I was 'sleep, a big man comes an' stump on my toes not much, only a leetle. Dat wokes me, an' I see Ujiyak.
There were two other members of the household present, who had been absent when Okiok first arrived, and whom we will now introduce to the reader. One was Nuna's only daughter, an exceedingly pretty girl according to Eskimo notions of female beauty.
This threat produced silence, and a sniff from Arbalik's mother. Mrs Okiok went on: "The land, Ridroonee says, is very rich. They have all that they wish and more!" "Poo! I would not care to live there," said Pussimek. "And no walruses at all," added Mrs Okiok. "Boo! a miserable country!" exclaimed Ippegoo's mother. "Then they have villages so big! oh!"
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