hose cubs by the back of the neck and hammered their skulls
together until they too were dead.

Then little Kagssagssuk went back homeward with the biggest bear over
his shoulders, and one cub under each arm, as if they had been no
more than hares. Thus he brought them up to the house, and skinned
them; then he set about building a fireplace large enough to put a
man in. For he was now going to cook bears' meat for his grandmother,
on a big flat stone.

Umerdlugtoq, that great man, now made haste to get away, taking his
wives with him.

And Kagssagssuk took that old grandmother who was wont to beat him,
and cast her on the fire, and she burned all up till only her stomach
was left. His other grandmother was about to run away, but he held
her back, and said:

"I shall now be kind to you, for you always used to dry my boots."

Now when Kagssagssuk had made a meal of the bears' meat, he set off
in chase of those who had fled away. Umerdlugtoq had halted upon the
top of a high hill, just on the edge of a precipice, and had pitched
their tent close to the edge.

Up came Kagssagssuk behind him, caught him by the nostrils and held
him out over the edge, and shook him so violently that his nostrils
burst. And there stood Umerdlugtoq holding his nose. But Kagssagssuk
said to him:

"Do not fear; I am not going to kill you. For you never used to
kill me."

And then little Kagssagssuk went into the tent, and called out to him:

"Hi, come and look! I am in here with your wives!"

For in the old days, Umerdlugtoq had dared him even to look at them.

And having thus taken due vengeance, Kagssagssuk went back to
his village, and took vengeance there on all those who had ever
ill-treated him. And some time after, he went away to the southward,
and lived with the people there.

It is also told that he got himself a kayak there, and went out hunting
with the other men. But being so strong, he soon became filled with
the desire to be feared, and began catching hold of children and
crushing them. And therefore his fellow-villagers harpooned him one
day when he was out in his kayak.

All this we have heard tell of Kagssagssuk.

QASIAGSSAQ, THE GREAT LIAR

Qasiagssaq, men say, was a great liar. His wife was called
Qigdlugsuk. He could never sleep well at night, and being sleepless,
he always woke his fellow-villagers when they were to go out hunting
in the morning. But he never brought home anything himself.