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The People of the Eastern Ice, they are melting like the snow -- / They beg for coffee and sugar; they go where the white men go. / The People of the Western Ice, they learn to steal and fight; / "They sell their furs to the trading-post: they sell their souls to the white. / The People of the Southern Ice, they trade with the whaler's crew; / Their women have many ribbons, but their tents are torn and few. / But the People of the Elder Ice, beyond the white man's ken -- / Their spears are made of the narwhal-horn, and they are the last of the Men! / Translation.
"He has opened his eyes. Look!"