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building. The historical data to be obtained from the natives
in regard to the aerolites is rather scanty. According to them
the "Saviksue" (great irons) have been where I discovered them
from time inmemorial; but that they were originally an Inuit
woman and her dog hurled from the sky by Tornarsuk (the Evil
Spirit). They say that at first the larger aerolite was in shape
like a woman seated and sewing, but that the constant chipping
off of fragments through successive ages has gradually removed
the upper portion of her body and reduced her size one-half or
one-third Years age her head became detached and a party of Es-
kimos from Peterahwik or Etah (settlements north of Whale Sound)
attempted to carry it away, actuated probably by the desire to
have a supply of the precious metal more convenient ,and save
themselves the long and arduous journey to Cape York and into
Melville Bay, when they needed to replenish their stock of iron.
The head was lashed upon a sledge and the party started for their
home, but when well out from the shore the sea-ice suddenly broke
up with a loud noise, and the head disappeared beneath the water
dragging down with it the sledge and dogs. The Eskimos themselves
narrowly escaped with their lives, and since that time no attempt
has been made to carry away any but the smallest fragments of the
heavenly woman.
This mass is the one from which all the ancient iron
supply of thise people was obtained and the supposed statement
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