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The Inuits "Legends"
Origin of Mountains
As mentioned before, when the Inuit first followed the caribou to this new land after many seasons, they found the land inhabited. Two types of people dwelt here, one were the little people, only seen out of the corner of your eyes, they were a happy people and if you caught one you could make them sing. They were small and could fit in the palm of your hand.
The others were the fearsome Tuniqs, sometimes 4 and 5 times the size of inuit, some even much larger. They were war like and tried to capture Inuit and cook them and eat them. Inuit were smarter and so could use their brains to outsmart them.
One day a hunter was returning to his camp from a successful hunt when he was espied by one of the giant. Knowing he would be eaten if caught, the Inuit dropped his caribou and fled southward, running as swiftly as he could. The Tuniq gave chase.
Hearing the commotion, another Giant looked around and saw the hunter running and he too gave chase. The Inuit was swift but not swift enough for both giants were gaining on him and would soon catch him, so he stopped and turned to the Giants and said "Why do you chase me?"
Each Giant responded "Because you are going into my pot and I am going to eat you".
The Inuk being both a hunter and smarter then the tuniqs expressed surprised and said "I am but a puny Inuit with little meat and you are both Big Tuniqs, I can only feed one, who should eat me?"
This stumped the Tuniqs, each one claiming to be the victor, each claiming that the meat was theirs for they claimed to see him first. Finally, the smart Inuit proposed a solution.
"Because both saw me but I can only feed one, you must fight and I will jump into the cook pot of the winner".
Now ensued one of the greatest battles known, for the Giants fought and fought, they fought for several days and several nights, slamming each other into the ground for they had mighty strength. With each slam, the land would tilt and push up, creating valleys and hills, the Giants fought and fought, until exhausted they collapsed.
The smart hunter then shot them both with his arrows and turned and walked away to retrieve his caribou and to feed his family. Behind him rose up the great piles of earth all over the land where the two stupid Giants battled.
