The Savage Innocents Page #3

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You like it?

- No.

Dance.

It is hot here.

No.

Proprietor does not approve...

...of naked people.

Who is proprietor?

The white man, my boss.

Undik, that'll be all for tonight.

White man, why is it you can say...

...when it should be

dark and it should be light?

You behave yourselves, like the rest.

It is best that you go to sleep.

Inuk...

...are you awake?

There is something wrong.

Something is wrong with the white man.

If his gun were any good...

...why does he eat

those evil smelling things...

...out of a tin can?

Why does he never smile?

Why doesn't he laugh

with the women of the men?

Why doesn't he know

that the small igloo...

...is quicker to build...

...and easier to keep

warm than a house like this?

What's all this talking?

Why is the crazy woman making noise?

Excuse a silly woman for...

...talking before

so many wonderful men.

But...

...she thinks that the

white man is stupid or crazy.

If he is crazy...

...we should go away

from here...

...as fast as possible...

...because the craziness is catching.

It seems advisable

to leave this place...

...and never come back.

We must come back.

We must bring back

more skins for bullets.

Then you can get your bullets.

A woman will take a new husband.

There are more men than women.

This worthless woman

is looking for a new man.

One who can get along

without the white man...

...and is a good provider.

A woman is stupid and ugly...

...but sometimes lucky

at doing little things...

...to make her man feel comfortable.

Somebody can do with a woman.

You look skinny.

Are you a hunter?

Such a good hunter that

I not only have a gun...

...but enough

bullets to last a lifetime.

Have you all your teeth?

I have all my teeth, except two.

Somebody will go

with you, if you hurry.

You stay.

You heard the woman,

she is coming with me.

The woman already has a man.

Hurry, man.

It is necessary to build a new igloo.

This is not the other man.

This is your husband, Inuk.

He wants to come with you.

One is as bad as the other.

You will get your sled ready.

This one will get your parka.

You'd better take it.

Give it away to somebody else.

Give it to him.

Come along.

This old woman has not

slept a wink all summer.

Good morning.

I am Father Angeli.

Are the young ones here?

Inside.

The Lord be with you.

No, just Asiak, Powtee and me.

We do not know Lord.

A very short sleep ago...

...you both offended him.

We did not know.

One must apologize.

If you will listen to my

words and believe in me...

...the Lord will

come and stay with you...

...and will follow

you in your travels.

So.

We do not want another with us.

Maybe he is good hunter.

We will be pleased if

your friend come with us.

He must bring his own sled.

Thank you.

Will this Lord

bring everything he needs?

He'll bring you faith.

Faith?

Faith, that wonderful light...

...that drives

back the shadows of sin.

Light!

It is good, Inuk.

If it is the kind

in the trading post...

...we could save it for the winter...

...and our eyes would

not get tired anymore.

Here is something you will like.

I come to give, not receive.

It is all marrow.

It is not much...

...but it is old and full of worms.

You see?

Another time, not right now.

But is best we have.

Has this white man come to insult us?

Maybe he is used to different food.

Men do not live by bread alone.

Maybe he wants to laugh with a woman.

He has the face of a

man who likes to laugh.

Make yourself beautiful.

I am here for one purpose only.

Listen to me.

You believe in the powers

of the wind and the snow...

...and you are

careful not to offend them.

I want you now to learn about our God.

Last night I realized you

had no awareness of sin...

...and I would like

to make you understand...

...the beauty of

the Christian ideas...

...that forbid you to

desire another man's woman...

...that considers marriage sacred...

...and a wife the most beautiful

possession a man can have.

Man...

...this hunter's worthless wife...

...has never laughed with another man.

She will now laugh with you.

No.

No, please. Do not be ashamed.

- No.

This one will leave.

No.

No.

It's a sin!

It's evil, bad!

You refuse our food.

Who are you to insult my wife?

You coward. You are bad.

You are rude.

You have no manners.

Maybe you bumped too hard.

His head is too soft.

One did not intend to kill.

Let us leave at once.

The ghost of the

white man can bring...

...too much trouble.

You must cut off a toe and a finger...

...and put them into his mouth...

...to conciliate his ghost.

Do you think one does

not know how to behave?

Hurry.

Hurry.

Asiak, someone forgot gun.

No, Inuk, your

clumsy woman gave it away.

You gave it?

If we must eat fox meat

again for whole summer...

...then go and get

your gun back right now.

But someone got rid of skins,

now does not have gun.

It's a bad trade.

It's a bargain.

Two long polar days,

two long polar nights...

...from one season to another...

...Inuk and his

family make their way back...

...into the wilderness.

They have forgotten about

the killing of the white man...

...but other white men have not.

Asiak!

Get up, old woman.

Just a useless old woman.

Mother.

Let an old woman die in peace.

You and Inuk must go North to hunt.

No, mother. Stay with us.

You need much food...

...for the baby inside you.

The long winter night has come.

They stop and build an

igloo to let Asiak's mother rest.

They treat her with

kindness and affection.

But Powtee is now

a useless, old woman.

Her teeth are too

worn to soften hides.

Her hands too stiff to sew garments.

Since the child Asiak has

been bearing is now about...

...to enter the world, the

time has come when Powtee...

...must be left to die.

For her, the final

journey is about to begin.

You have given me extra days...

...but the time has

come for this one to die.

She should not worry.

Inuk, say that to her.

Say that a great

hunter will always provide.

We will say when the time should be.

Old woman, have you decided?

She has decided.

Asiak knows her last

attempt to stop her mother...

...from going will fail.

She cannot change the

hard laws of the people.

Laws dictated by the

harshness of the land.

There is no place for

too many useless mouths.

Come close, little one.

An old woman has been

thinking too much of herself...

...instead of her daughter.

What do you want to say?

Soon you're going to have a child.

For you that is an unknown experience.

An ignorant girl has

seen many puppies born.

With people it is a little different.

Try to remember what an

old mother tells you now.

First of all...

...at the last moment, the

child is afraid to come out.

After it has stepped into the

world, it still clings to you...

...unlike the puppies

you've seen that are born free.

You must cut it from you

with whatever you have at hand...

...or with your teeth.

Cut it free immediately.

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