ESKIMO LESAS3 AIID HISTORY
BATTLE OF CAPE
BLOSSOM
Henrv Ivano(T---High School
Some two or three hungered years
ago a fight took place at Cape Bloss
om. It was a battle between the
people of Point Hope, or Ticamuit,
and the people of Cape Blossom, or
Kickitarowmuit.
For a long time the Ticamuits were
busy with their arrows and spears.
They were planning to capture the
people of Cape Blossom.
In those wars, the party that wins,
makes slaves of the men, women and
t kildieu.That wrs what the Tic..
muits hoped to do.They wanted men,
women and chldren to work for them.
They also wanted their property such
as seal oil,skin boats and other things
When the summer came they went
down the coast in skin boats. There
were great number. Poor women
came along with the intention of rob
bing from the people of Cape Blossom.
Early in the morning tucy arrived
at the largest village of Cape Blossom.
The Kikitarowniuits were all sleep
ing excepting Apongolook. lie was
a very little man, about three feet in
height. But tlio he was of short statue,
he was very skilful in running and
jumping. When he saw the great
number of skin boats coming, he
wondered. And at last he under
stood that they were Point Hope
people. He sue rked back to the
houses and wakened the people. All
were up quietly and all were ready
by the time the Ticamuits landed.
The Ticamuits did not know that
they were up. When they were all
ready the leader of diaamuits cried
out, Apoagolook, Apo agolook. Wall*
up. Get out of your hole and see what
happened while you were sleeping!
Get up squirrel men.” All the
Ticamuits laughed aloud at this.
When ApongoIooK heard this, he
grinned also. “Now” he said to his
people. "Do as I tell you to do. Do
not shoot all your arrows away but
run as fast as you can towards the
sun. ’ ’ The sun was just rising and was
very bright that morning. “When you
have passed them turn around so your
backs will be towards the sun ”
Tl’.e Ticamuits will have a hard
time shooting us for they will be
facing towards the sun.
So when al weie rcrcy he gave a
signal for them to run. All at once
they went out screaming and yelling.
Apongo’ook was their leader. When
they passed them they turned around
and began shooting. The Ticamuit had
a hard ti nc shooting them for they
could hardly see them because of the
sun. When Apoagolook saw that his
men, were shooting away their
arrows he commanded them to stop
and also told them to try their best
to get some arrows from the enemy.
This they did. So didApongolook.
he was so small that he coaid hardly
he .seen whca he crawled towards the
enemy. lie stole so many arrows
that lie could not carry them all.
At last the Ticamtiits had no arrows.
When they saw that they had none,
they ran back to their skin boats.
When Apoagolook saw that they
went back to their boats he grinned.
For he had commanded some men.
before the battle began, to hide th«
oars and make holes thru the bottom
of the sk in boats.-Page 3.