Kalitan, Our Little Alaskan Cousin

s tanned to a warm brown, and, clad in Indian clothes, save for his aureole of copper-coloured hair, so strong a contrast to the straight black locks of his Indian brot

e of the baskets which she made out of the inner bark of the willow-tree were woven so closely that they would hold water, and Teddy never tired of watching her weave the gay colours in and out, nor of seeing the wonderful patterns grow. Tah-ge-ah would take them to the mainland when she had enough made, and

grasshoppers, bears, minnows, whales, sea-gulls, babies, or idols. He made, too, a canoe for Ted, a real Alaskan dugout, shaping the shell from a log and making it soft by steam, filling the hole with water and throwing in red-hot stones. The wood was the

and which had carved upon it a fine eagle. Kala-kash had not asked Ted what his totem was, but supposing that the American eagle on the buttons of the boy's coat was his emblem, had carved the

time of the berry dance, which Kalitan had spoken

lours, yellow and dark red. Besides these there were other small berries, ma

good. The birds, flying from the mainland, first brought the see

are a kind of a half-way between our blackberries and strawberries. I never saw anyt

as giving a feast to the people of the neighbouring islands, and a dozen canoes glided over the water from different directions. The canoes were all g

of bright calico, and festoons of leaves and flowers. As the canoes landed their occupants, the dancers thronged to welcome their guests. The great drum sounded its loud note, and the dancers, arrayed

a superb blanket with fringe a foot long, fringed leggins and moccasins of walrus hide, and the chie

forth, never ceasing for a moment, shaking his head so

y was delighted, for in one of the canoes was his father, whom he had not seen for several weeks. After the greetings were over, the dancers arr

ight, then to the left, over and over and over; then they bend their bodies forward and backward without bending t

Strong. "Some of the girls are quite pretty, gentl

have stopped using. Kalitan says all the women used to wear them. The girls used to make a cut in their chins between the lip and the chin, and put in a piece of wood, changing it every few days for a piece a little larger until t

t, and an American her waist; a Maori woman slits her nose, and an English belle pierces her e

nd it would be a shame to spoil her face that way," said Ted. "The dancing

ht cloth. A table covered with a cloth was laid around three sides of the room, and on this was spread hardtack and huge bowls of berries of different colour

e of the best. Mr. Strong smiled to see how the once fussy little gentleman

ith dignified politeness. There was laughing and merriment with the feast, and when it was all over, the

autiful blanket of Tanana's weaving,

rfect one at that. Many of the Indians are using dyed yarns to weave them, but yours is the genuine article, made from white goat

Kalitan, too." Ted's face looked very

rt for our northern trip, if you are to see anything at all of mines and Esquimos before we start ho

the mines and all the wonderful things of the fa

laid his hand on his shoulder, disli

inking of Kali

Kalitan with us,"

we really?" Ted ju

and in a few minutes it was decided, and Ted, with one great bear's hug to t

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