Oolak

An-ina, Julyman, Oolak, were all his able lieutenants, but Steve's was the guiding mind and hand.

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Steve was searching the near distance for a sight of Oolak and the dog train, which should shortly arrive at the post.

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Somewhere behind them the indomitable Oolak, silent, enduring, was shepherding their own dog train over their tracks.

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"Him fire," said Oolak, wiping the grease from his lips on the sleeve of his furs.

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Marcel, and maybe Julyman and Oolak again, and I'm going to work this thing for the rest of my life for -- Marcel.

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Oolak was somewhere within the woods, tending his savage dogs.

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And Steve wondered at the feelings of the silent Oolak when he heard that voice, and saw that baby figure sprinting and wobbling over the snow towards him.

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On his way he paused for a moment to glance at the broken body of Oolak, who was being removed from the second boat by Jack Belton.

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They rested eagerly, questioningly, upon the unemotional face of Oolak whose keen understanding he knew to be profound.

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Back at the fire Oolak watched his companions retake their places.

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