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Kalitan fished diligently but caught little. He was warmly clad in sealskin; around his neck was a white bearskin ruff, as warm as toast, and very pretty, too, as soft and fluffy as a lady's boa. On his feet were moccasins of walrus hide. He had been perhaps an hour watching the hole in the ice, and knelt there so still that he looked almost as though he were frozen.
This time the whale struck out wildly, and Kalitan held his breath, while Ted gasped at the Tyee's danger, for his kiak rocked like a shell and then was quite hidden from their sight by the spray which was dashed heavenward like clouds of white smoke.
Men all alike," he repeated with the calm stoicism of his race. "The government is far away," said Mr. Strong, "and should not be blamed for the doings of all its servants. I should like to see this island home of yours, and think we must accept your invitation; shall we, Ted?" he smiled at the boy. "Yes, indeed; thank you, sir," said Ted, and he and Kalitan grinned at each other happily.
Glowing streams of light streamed heavenward like feathery wings, as Ted and Kalitan sailed southward, and Ted exclaimed in wonder: "What is it?" "The splendour of Saghalie Tyee," said Kalitan, solemnly. "The Aurora Borealis," said Mr. Strong, "and very fortunate you are to see it. Indeed, Teddy, you seem to have brought good luck, for everything has gone well this trip.
He wanted to see the mines and all the wonderful things of the far north, but he hated to leave his Indian friends. "What's the trouble, Ted?" His father laid his hand on his shoulder, disliking to see the bright face so clouded. "I was only thinking of Kalitan," said Ted. "Suppose we take Kalitan with us," said Mr. Strong. "Oh, daddy, could we really?" Ted jumped in excitement.
I never saw anything prettier than the way the red and yellow berries grow so thick on the same bush " "There come the canoes!" interrupted Kalitan, and the two boys ran down to the water's edge, eager to be the first to greet the visitors. Tyee Klake was giving a feast to the people of the neighbouring islands, and a dozen canoes glided over the water from different directions.
This he bought for his mother, and a carving of a baby for Judith; while his father made him and Kalitan happy with presents. "Where did you learn such English?" asked Mr. Strong of Alalik, wondering, too, where she learned her pretty, modest ways, for Esquimo women are commonly free and easy. "I was for two years at the Mission at Holy Cross," she said. "There I learned much that was good.
Ted and Kalitan enjoyed every moment. There was always something new to see or hear, and ere they reached their journey's end, they had heard all about seals and sealing, although the famous Pribylov Islands were too far to the west of the vessel's route for them to see them.
Ted, on the other hand, thought Kalitan the most remarkable boy he had ever met in all his life. He had not been much with boys. His "Lady Mother," as he always called the gentle, brown-eyed being who ruled his father and himself had not cared to have her little Galahad mingle with the rougher city boys who thronged the streets, and had kept him with herself a great deal.
"Some of the girls are quite pretty, gentle-looking creatures, but the older women are ugly." "The very old women look like the mummies in the museum at home," said Ted. "There's one old woman, over a hundred years old, whose skin is like a piece of parchment, and she wears the hideous lip-button which most of the Thlinkits have stopped using. Kalitan says all the women used to wear them.
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