As each one tasted
the blood he called out the part of the bear he would like to
have.
The wives of the Angakok cried, "Give a hind leg to the Angakok."
"The kidneys for Koko," cried Koko's mother when she stuck in her
finger. "That will make him a great bear-hunter when he is big."
"And I will have the skin for the twins' bed," said their mother.
Kesshoo promised each one the part he asked for. An Eskimo never
keeps the game he kills for himself alone. Every one in the
village has a share.
The bear was very large. He was so large that though all the
women pulled together they could not drag the body back to the
village. The men laughed at them, but they did not help them.
So Koolee ran back for their sledge and harnesses for the dogs.
Koko and Menie helped her catch the dogs and hitch them to the
sledge.
It took some time to catch them for the dogs did not want to
work. They all ran away, and Tooky, the leader of the team,
pretended to be sick! Tooky was the mother of Nip and Tup, and
she was a very clever dog. While Koolee and Koko and Menie were
getting the sledge and dog-team ready, the rest of the women set
to work with their queer crooked knives to take off the bear's
skin. The moon set, and the sky was red with the colors of the
dawn before this was done.
At last the meat was cut in pieces and Kesshoo and Koko's father
held the dogs while the women heaped it on the sledge. The dogs
wanted the meat. They jumped and howled and tried to get away.
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