Kalitan, Our Little Alaskan Cousin

ant to go fishing with Kalitan before breakfast, so the moment he woke up he jumped out of bed, if his pile of fragrant pine boughs covered with skins could be called a bed, and hurried thr

bother of reading. There were some things about him that Kalitan could not understand, to be sure. Ted talked to his father just as if he were another boy. He even spoke to Tyee Klake on occasions when that august personage had not only not asked him a questi

ed to have her little Galahad mingle with the rougher city boys who thronged the streets, and had kept him with herself a great deal. Ted had loved books, and he and his little sister Judith had lived in a pleasant atmosphere of refinement, p

ut had consented to his going with his father, urged thereto by fears for his health, which was not of the best, and the knowle

sleep before he had time to think enough to be really homesick. During the day there was too much doing to have any thinking time, and, since he had met this boy f

said. "He take care of white brot

and wanted Ted to enjoy himself to the full, he left the boys to themselves, t

boys tramped all over the country. Ted learned to use the bow and arrow, and brought down many a bird for su

ox, a skin greatly prized by the fur traders on account of its rarity. Kalitan insisted that Ted should have it, though he could have

eer-looking plant on the river-bank the day before, and had stopped to pick it up, when he received such a sudden and unexpected pricking as to cause

ome kind of a cactus," he sai

e pain out, but he couldn't use it much for the next few days, and did not feel eager to hunt when his father and the Tyee started out in the morning. Kalitan remained with him, although his eyes looked wistful, for he had heard the ch

and he paused to watch. The fisherman was covered with fur from head to foot, and, as Ted watched him, he seemed to have no line or rod. Going nearer, the boy grew even more puzzled, and, though the man's back was toward him, he could easily see that there was something unusual about the figure. Just as he was within hailing distance and about to sh

Chetwoo

f, hearing the noise, hurried out, and it was but a few moments before he was at Kalitan's side. To Ted it seemed like a day

ve killed a bear," but Che

he said, and Ka

l bears or ravens. Spirits

great astonishment, b

d the maiden and bore her to his den, and turned her into a bear, and she dwelt with him, until one day her brother killed the bear and she was freed. And from

e the boy's face glow with pleasure. They had a great discussion as to whom the bear really belonged. Ted had found him, Kalitan had shot him first, and Chetwoof had killed him, so they decided to go shares. Ted wanted the skin to take home, and thought it would make a splendid rug for