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she did not fear death, for she knew of their
intention.
Hunger must have accompanied them
because the island was barren and spare of
the things that might attract animals. When
the qajaak would arrive, they would ask,
“What are you living by?”, and the woman
would reply, “We are living with food.” And
that is all she would say, nothing more,
never telling what kinds of foods they were
actually eating. The two men, whose initial
intent was to kill the woman and child, had
an idea. They decided not to kill them for
the time being to allow the boy to grow
bigger so that when his blood was stronger
and bolder they would kill him. And they
left them once again still alive.
The people wondered what they were
living on since the woman was alone with
only with her child as a companion. And
when the visitors would come, they saw
no evidence of food. Yet they survived
from seal carcasses that sometimes drifted
ashore, and by keeping their food hidden in
caches at a distance from their home.
Now these two lived by H