A long time ago there lived a small family of three. They were always going to their fishcamp for the summer. And their daughter was always wondering around. Her parents would warn her not to go too far or she'd be taken by the little people who lived in the bluffs. She never listened though, and one day she walked off. She went way back in the willows.

As she was walking along, she heard people talking, and she knew by their language that they were the little people. She tried to run back to the fishcamp, but they already felt her presence. When they caught her they put her in a gunny sack and carried her away.

The little people brought her inside the bluff they lived in. When they took her out of the gunny sack they cut off the tip of her nose. By doing this, it showed they posessed her. She had to cook for them, clean and nurse them.

One day, when the little people were all sleeping, she untied the skin on her wrists and crawled out of the bluff. She ran across the tundra, through the willows, swam across the river and finally came upon her fishcamp. When she came back, her parents hid her under the bed. Then when the little people came by and asked for her, the parents said she wasn't there. A day later, the family went back to their village and told the story to the people. Her nose proved they weren't lieing.

Told by Teresa Kameroff
Intreviewed by Angela Kameroff