Shadow of the Wolf Page #2

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"Top Of The World" where I come from.

- I would follow you and find you!

- And what would you do? Kill me?

Cut me up!?

Feed me to the animals?

He did not die in the fire.

I put my knife in his heart.

Come here.

What's your name?

- Nayalik.

- Nayalik ...

Where's your leader,

Nayalik?

- What's his name?

- Kroomak.

- He is the Shaman.

- Nayalik, I'm going to go see Kroomak.

You watch my sled.

Kroomak?

Henderson. Police.

You wanna smoke?

Already made.

Good.

Do you know why am I here?

No.

O yes you do, yes you do...

You know everything. Don't you, ha?

You're a shaman.

You can see under yesterday,

you can see under tomorrow.

No...

Liquor trader...

White man named Brown.

No good. No good white man.

He came here with the Indian

they call Big Tooth.

- How do you know?

- Because the white man is dead.

- Killed.

- Does it matter?

I give you that.

Doesnt matter that he is dead.

But it does matter

that he was killed.

Someone has to

be punished for that.

I want you to place

in my custody the guilty man.

Who is the guilty man?

- One of your people.

- No!

We picked up Big Tooth

in Great Bay.

He told us that

the white man...

...was killed in this camp.

So you believe an Indian?

I know he spoked the truth.

If you know everything,

why do you ask questions?

Because it saves time.

But its no matter,..

... I'll find the man at the end.

And I'll stay here until I do.

Then the policeman is welcome,..

...as the guest of Kroomak.

- Then tell your people...

...to build me an igloo.

- No, you stay in my igloo.

- Oh no, I want to live on my own.

This is my camp,

you'll stay with me.

I do not want

nothing to happen to you.

Oh, nothing is gonna happen to me.

This wind...

I hate this wind.

- It's too strong.

- It will not last.

It must stop.

Well, whose magic is better?

Yours or mine?

Sometimes yours,

sometimes mine.

- Has Henderson flew on the plane?

- Oh yes. Yes, I have, many times.

- One day I'll fly in the plane.

- No...

No, it is better to fly the way

that Kroomak flies,..

...high in the sky like a hawk.

Deep in the ocean like a whale.

It will happen...

- I have flown in my dreams.

- Dreams are real.

Dreams are the doors

to the other world.

Agaguk,..

...who is it youre fighting

in your dreams?

We're too close to the camp.

Too close to the white man.

Agaguk, we must go

the "top of the world".

My people.

This is Agaguk!

I have hunted the polar bear...

...but never a whale.

- When will he come?

- He will come when he's ready.

Look, this is my new spear.

Made by my brother,

the white man,..

...to kill my brother, the whale.

The white man is not my brother.

- Would you like to use it?

- No.

I have my own.

I heard that a white man

was killed, where you come from.

Do you not sleep well,

Henderson?

Maybe you should be women.

Maybe you need a woman.

And maybe you decide to leave.

No, I don't.

I told you, Kroomak,..

... I'll stay here until I leave

with the guilty man.

Yes, the walrus is angry at me.

I hurt him,

but I do not kill him.

For long, I could not

find the way to breathe.

A long time I could not breathe.

I died...

I visited the spirits.

To be a shaman,

you must die.

You must die,

and come to life again.

My brother, the white man,

knows this.

The man called God died,..

...and came to life again.

And now...

...they are drinking his blood,

eating his flesh every Sunday.

Next time,

When I visit walrus world...

...they will teach me

what they know.

The whale! He comes!

Igiyook!

We must go.

If we go back

we'll be alone again.

Here we have people to hunt with,

and live with.

They are not my people.

Igiyook...

Igiyook.

How did he die than, Brown?

I can not tell you.

I do not know.

Then tell me what you do know.

I know that you have a good knife.

Now...

It was a fight with Agaguk.

There was a fire...

- Agaguk left the camp.

- Who is Agaguk?

Kroomak son.

Where is he, this...Agaguk?

The tundra is a big place.

If a man is not standing

in front of you,..

... it's hard to say

where that man is.

A tundra...

Its my last bottle...

...and its yours.

Do you have alcohol?

No, bone dry.

Nayalik would say anything

for a drink.

Whatever you say,

not worth anything without proof.

Us, we have to have proof.

Is that the white man's law?

Yes.

Good law.

Kroomak!

Krooma...

I want a man who killed Nayalik.

I see it is your knife.

Maybe you killed him.

...when you went to

see him last night.

Are you telling me...

...that he was murdered...

...because he talked to me?

Maybe.

Maybe?

And nobody,..

...nobody,

not one of you,..

...knows who did it?

- None of them!

Ha, but that means

that you are the guilty man, Kroomak.

I have done no wrong!

If wrong, Ill be

punished by Inuit law!

- Kroomak is right!

- You're making a big mistake.

If I leave here without

the guilty man,..

...than many police will come.

With many guns...

...and they will take all of you

in their big plane...

...to the white man city.

And if you could not get away?

I want the guilty man.

That's all.

Give him to me,

and then the rest of you are free.

You are thinking about killing me?

We are thinking about it.

Get out of my way!

Are you going?

Henderson is leaving.

Kroomak is smart.

There is nothing

for Henderson to do here.

Henderson,..

...are you just going

to forget about Brown?

We agree on that.

Brown was no good.

And what about Nayalik?

Ah, Nayalik...

Nayalik is your bussiness.

Are you going to look for Agaguk?

Agaguk? Ah no,

the tundra is too big.

So, Inuit will not

see you again?

If the Inuit want to come and

visit me at my home,..

...he is welcome.

But I will not come back here.

Cut him in five pieces.

And bury him in

five directions.

Igiyook?

It is time.

I'm god, Agayok,

I am good...

You want tea?

No, nothing.

Agaguk will know

what to do.

The waters are broken.

Nothing can stop it now.

No, no, no, no...

It is too soon.

Stop. Stop!

I want to take away your pain!

You cant do that now.

Agaguk,

you must take the baby.

It is a boy!

I knew it.

You mas cut the cord.

Tie the knot.

Swing it. Swing it.

Tayarak.

Tayarak will be

a great hunter!

...and when Kanaluk was angry,..

...to see our hunt

was empty handed.

The people were hungry.

The man had to dive

to the bottom of the sea...

...to talk to Kanaluk

to persuade her...

...to release the seals.

And save the people.

He was the first shaman.

What is it?

A wolf.

- Away from the pack?

- Yes, the print is large.

Full grown adult.

He comes too close.

Stay here with Tayarak.

What are you going to do?

Set traps.

That is not the way to

catch Kroomaks wolf.

I've tried all else.

No rifles!

No traps!

No white man's weapon!

Kroomak!

Agagok...come back...

Igiyook is a good woman.

She talks too loud.

I'm like a child.

Sometimes it's good to be a child.

Next time,..

... I wish that you

give me a girl.

My name is Scott.

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