At last it was as if it were right
over the snow on the ice and he saw a phantom of a team of dogs,
a sledge, and a man. There were four dogs spanned to the sledge,
while the fifth came along loose. As the dogs approached Kukiaq
the moon had difficulty in making them obey, so eager were they
to come right up to him. At last he stopped them and made signs
with his arms, indicating that Kukiaq was to go to him. . . .
