Lake Rodney ii They watch their children.

Does it improve the taste? Called a voice he did not know; at first he thought he had imagined it, that perhaps the work of skinning the deer and fishing its skin from the river had tired him out more than he knew; perhaps he had fallen asleep and as being visited by his mother in his dreams again. 
But no, he stood there blinking down at the hide where he had placed it, watching how the water glittered beneath starlight, dimmed by blood as it was washed clean. Kigipigak turned his attention to where the voice had come from and saw a dark face equipped with mossy green eyes.
It is a trick for hiding the remains, Kigipigak called to the stranger, his tone neutral, I was taught this by my tribe. You take the skin and clean it well, then use it to bundle what is left of the meal. It keeps everything together where it is buried. Most importantly it was used by the elder women to dry and maintain the meat for longer periods; keeping the water in the soil from destroying things too quickly. He did not know this particular tidbit, so he did not add it.