The women jumped up and ran to the woman-boats. They got out the long
narwhal tusks, and the skins, and set them down on the beach.
"Come with me," Koolee called to the twins. 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.