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"Well," said he, "after my little torngak had been blown away, I waited a short time, hoping that he would come back, but he did not; so I got up, took a spear in my hand, and went off to White-bear Bay, determined to see if the little spirit had spoken the truth.
I sat down again on a rib to consider. If I had been a real angekok, my torngak no doubt would have helped me at that time but he did not." "How could you have a torngak at all if you are not a real angekok?" demanded the wizard, in a tone that savoured of contempt. "You shall hear. Patience!" returned Simek quietly, and then went on:
But if the whale appears likely to escape, the first continues lying on his face crying out with vehemence, "Hear yet, and help us!" If the whale get off, some of their conjurors inform them that Torngak was not there, or he did not hear, or he was otherwise employed!
Simek paused, and looked round on the company with a solemn stare, which produced a smothered laugh in some cases a little shriek of delight for every one, except the wizard himself, recognised in the look and manner an imitation of Ujarak. "A dreadful business," continued Simek; "but I got over it, as you shall hear. I too have a torngak. You need not laugh, my friends. It is true.
"Of course, of course I will not break the custom," returned Ujarak quickly; "unless, indeed, my torngak orders me to go. But that is not likely." "I want to ask you," said Rooney, sitting down, "about that trip you had last year to the land of the departed. They tell me you had a hard time of it, Ujarak, and barely escaped with your life."
"Ippegoo," he said, at last breaking silence, "we must not be beaten." "No, that must not be," replied his pupil firmly. "This time we have failed," continued the wizard, "because I did not think that Okiok would leave his guest." "I thought," said Ippegoo, somewhat timidly, "that your torngak told you everything." "You are a fool, Ippegoo."
At this point Ujarak glanced at Angut, but that worthy's countenance had resumed its look of impenetrable gravity. "We must not worry him or go near him for some days," continued the wizard. "We must let him alone. And this will not try our patience, for my torngak tells me that seals have come.
Not caring to be interrupted at that moment, and without waiting to see who approached, Ujarak suddenly gave vent to a fearful intermittent yell, which was well understood by all Eskimos to be the laughter of a torngak or fiend, and, therefore, calculated to scare away any one who approached.
"Of course after the duel," remarked Angut quietly. The wizard seemed annoyed. "It is unfortunate," he said, with a vexed look. "My torngak has told me of a place where a great number of seals have come. They may leave soon, and it would be such a pity to lose them." "That is true," said Angut; "but of course you cannot break our customs. It would ruin your character."
Yes, he knew well what "change" meant, though it never occurred to him to connect all this with a Creator who changes not. In this respect he resembled his master. "Besides," continued the wizard in a more confidential tone, which invariably had the effect of drawing the poor youth's heart towards him, "I cannot make whom I will an angekok. It is my torngak who settles that; I have only to obey.
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