He put Koko's father in
the other.
In Koko's father's boat he placed Koko and his mother and the
baby, Koolee and the twins, the pups, all three dogs, and four of
the women who lived in the other igloos. So you see it was quite
a large boat.
In the Angakok's boat he placed his two wives, and all the rest
of the women and children and dogs. The women took up the
paddles. One end of the boat was partly in the water when they
got in. The men gently pushed it farther out until it floated.
Then the men got into their kyaks at the water's edge, fastened
their skin coats over the rims, and paddled out into deep water.
At last, when all the boats, big and little, were afloat, Kesshoo
called out, "We are going north. Follow me."
The women obeyed the signal of Koko's father and the Angakok. The
paddles dipped together into the water. The great boats moved!
They were off!
The children all sat together in the bottom of the boat, but the
twins and Koko were big enough to see over the sides. While the
babies played with the dogs, they were busy watching the things
that passed on the shores. Soon they passed the Big Rock with
little auks and puffins flying about it. They could see the red
feet of the puffins, and a blue fox sitting on the top of the
rock, waiting for a chance to catch a bird.
Then the Big Rock hid the village from sight.
III.
Beyond the Big Rock the country was all new to the twins and
Koko. They looked into narrow bays and inlets as the boat moved
along, and saw green moss carpeting the sunny slopes in sheltered
places.
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