On returning to the oomiak we bestowed the rifles and ammunition we had promised on the honest Esquimaux, to which we added several other articles of a sort they valued.
To our infinite satisfaction, Sandy himself was the next person we distinguished, and several others who had seen the oomiak came hurrying across the ice.
The next morning we loaded the oomiak with as many of the skins as she could carry, and proceeded on our voyage.
When the wind was favourable we were able to hoist it, and it drove the oomiak along at a far greater speed than I should have supposed possible.
In the stern of the oomiak sat an old grey-headed man, who filled the office of steersman; a duty which usually devolves upon old men after they become unfit to manage the kayak.
The ball ripped up the side of the canoe, which filled and upset, and the poor old man would certainly have been drowned but for the opportune coming up of the oomiak containing his wounded grandson.
In a few minutes Edith was ensconced in the centre of the oomiak amid a pack of noisy Esquimau women, whose tongues were loosed and spirits raised by the hope of a successful hunt.
Instantly the men in the kayaks shot towards it, while the oomiak followed as fast as possible.
When the young Esquimau fell, as already related, he was so close to the water that he stumbled into it, and, fortunately, not a yard distant from an oomiak which the women were frantically thrusting into the sea.
This was the fact that, although night was coming on, the oomiak with the women had not returned.
There are five natives with me, and we have an oomiakup there in the bushes.
Another moment, and the oomiak was beyond his reach.
It was Arbalik in a kayak, preceding an oomiak propelled by several women.
Among the latter was anoomiak full of women who went along-shore to fish, and with whom were old Kannoa, Nunaga, and others.
At the same time the lead which the voyagers had been following grew narrower, and that so rapidly, that they had barely time to jump upon a mass of ice when the opening closed and crushed the oomiak and Okiok's kayak to pieces.
Were you not in great danger when your oomiak and kayaks were crushed in the ice?
No one objecting to this, the oomiak was paddled towards the land.
It had been arranged that Cheenbuk and his friends Oolalik and Anteek should keep together in their kayaks, accompanied by an oomiak to carry the game.
That is my beast you are fighting," remarked Oolalik, as the oomiak came up.
Cheenbuk, after stanching the flow of blood, availed himself of their aid to carry the wounded girl to the oomiak more comfortably than could have been possible if he had been obliged to carry her in his own strong arms.
This man, coming to an open glade whence he could see the shore, beheld the Eskimo women launching their oomiak in a state of frantic alarm.
If the Indian should get the manipulation over before the oomiak was out of range, any of the women, as well as himself, might be killed.
When the oomiak swelled I thought it was going to burst," added the chief.
The oomiak is the open boat of skin used by Eskimo women, and is capable of holding several persons.
But where the kayak and the oomiak cannot float the sledge may go," said the Captain.
As we continued our course the oomiak returned to the shore, and the men also left us soon afterwards, apparently pleased with our departure; for the knowledge of the effect of our muskets seemed to have impressed them with some dread.
The most active young man of the party, not thinking himself sufficiently smart for the occasion, retired to the oomiak to change his dress and mouth ornaments, capering about on his return, evidently proud of his gayer appearance.
This man was very intelligent, and having carefully examined the boats, intimated that he would construct an oomiak after the same plan.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "oomiak" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
