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==="The Tornit and the Adlit"===
Many tales were told by the "Smith Sound Eskimo," an Inuk from [[Smith Sound]] who was in [[New York City]] in the winter of 1897–1898, and published by A.L. Kroeber for the ''[[Journal of American Folklore]]''. Two Tornits (another fabulous race from Inuit lore) find themselves among savage and cannibalistic Adlet. They sneak out at night and as they are leaving they cut the thongs on the Adlet's sledges that fasten the crossbars to the runners. The dogs start barking, but as the Adlet mount their sledges the runners fall off and the Tornit get away.<ref>Kroeber 167-68.</ref> The same Smith Sound Eskimo also told a variant of the Adlet story related by Boas in "The Central Eskimo." In this version, the Tornit are the woman's offspring as well,<ref>Kroeber 168-69.</ref> but Kroeber remarks that they are "ordinarily not connected with this tale."<ref>Kroeber 169 note 3.</ref> Other stories told by the Smith Sound Eskimo, such as "The Origin of the Narwhal," also contain murderous Adlet.<ref>Kroeber 170-71.</ref>