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Title: Our little Alaskan cousin
Year: 1907 (1900s)
Authors: Nixon-Roulet, Mary F
Subjects: Children
Publisher: Boston, L.C. Page & Co.
Contributing Library: Information and Library Science Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Digitizing Sponsor: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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of awooded island, and Ted saw a fringe of treesand some native houses clustered picturesquelyagainst them at the crest of a small hill which 64 Our Little Alaskan Cousin sloped down to the waters edge, where stood agroup of people awaiting the canoes. My home, said Kalitan, pointing to thelargest house, my people. There was agreat deal of pride in his tone and look, andhe received a warm welcome as the canoestouched land and their occupants sprang onshore. The boys crowded around the youngIndian and chattered and gesticulated towardTed, while a bright-looking little Malamutesprang upon Kalitan and nearly knocked himdown, covering his face with eager puppykisses. The girls were less boisterous, and regardedTeddy with shy curiosity. Some of them werequite pretty, and the babies were as cunning asthe puppies. They barked every time the dogsdid, in a funny, hoarse little way, and, indeed,Alaskan babies learn to bark long before theylearn to talk. The Tyees wife received Teddy kindly, and
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A GROUP OF PEOPLE AWAITING THE CANOES. The Island Home of Kalitan 65 he soon found himself quite at home amongthese hospitable people, who seemed alwaysfriendly and natural. Nearly all spoke someEnglish, and he rapidly added to his store ofChinook, so that he had no trouble in makinghimself understood or in understanding. Ofcourse he missed his father, but he had little timeto be lonely. Life in the village was anythingbut uneventful. At first there was the whale to be attendedto, and all the village turned out for that. Thehuge creature had drifted ashore on the fartherside of the island, and Ted was much interestedin seeing him gradually disposed of. Greatmasses of blubber were stripped from the sidesto be used later both for food and fuel, thewhalebone was carefully secured to be sold tothe traders, and it seemed to Ted that therewas not one thing in that vast carcass for whichthe Indians did not have some use. Ted soon tired of watching the many things 66 Our Little Alaskan Cousin

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