She gave them each a
long tent pole to carry. She herself carried the longest pole of
all, and a pile of skins.
Koolee led the way up the green slope to a level spot overlooking
the stream and the bay. It was beside some high rocks, and there
were smaller stones all about.
There was a flat stone that she used for the sleeping bench. When
the poles were set up and securely fastened, she got the tent
skins and covered the poles.
She put on one layer of skin with the hair inside and over that
another covering of skin with the fur side out. She sewed the
skins together over the entrance with leather thongs and left a
flap for a door.
Then she placed stones around the edge of the tent covering to
keep the wind from blowing it away. She piled the bed skins on
the rock, and their summer house was ready.
The twins brought the musk ox hides, with all their treasures in
them, and the cooking pots and knives and household things from
the beach, while Koolee made the fireplace in the tent.
She made the fireplace by driving four sticks into the ground and
lashing them together to make a framework.
She hung the cooking kettle by straps from the four corners.
Under the kettle on a flat stone she placed the lamp. Then the
stove was ready.
"We shall cook out of doors most of the time," she said to the
twins, "but in rainy weather we shall need the lamp."
It was only a little while before there was a whole new village
ready to live in, with plenty of fish and good fresh water right
at hand.
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