didarka

Updated: May 7, 2025

They would not understand her, but would oppose, say harsh things, perhaps, and, at any rate, feel badly. So she ran away to play with the little ones. If this did not answer her purpose she persuaded her young brother to take her in his didarka on the water to some quiet island, where in the pleasant sunshine they sat upon the sandy beach or fished in some gurgling stream.

May Kellogg Sullivan - The Trail of a Sourdough: Life in Alaska