Copyright, 1924,
By VILHJALMUR STEFANSSON AND VIOLET IRWIN
Set up and printed.
Published August, 1924
Printed in the United States of America by
THE FERRIS PRINTING COMPANY, NEW YORK.
To
CONRAD de WAAL, Jr.
Contents
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I. | The House That Kak Built | [ 3] |
| II. | Kak’s Hunting | [ 35] |
| III. | Strangers | [ 56] |
| IV. | Bears | [ 85] |
| V. | Queer Tales | [ 106] |
| VI. | Summer Travels | [ 125] |
| VII. | Twenty-four Hours of Sunlight | [ 147] |
| VIII. | Indians | [ 178] |
| IX. | Missing | [ 204] |
| X. | Homeward Bound | [ 231] |
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
| PAGE | |
| The Boys Stared into His White Face | [ Frontispiece] |
| It Was Tough Work for a Lad | [ 21] |
| He Dashed Down the Spear with All His Force | Facing page [ 43] |
| Taptuna Flung Himself into Defensive Position | [ 61] |
| “I’m the King of the Castle!” | [ 89] |
| The Hunter Could not Believe His Eyes | Facing page [ 119] |
| He Could Barely Squeeze into His Father’s Boat | [ 137] |
| He Stood with Chattering Teeth and DrippingLocks | [ 155] |
| “Good Gracious! Don’t Kill Me,” Cried a FamiliarVoice | Facing Page [ 178] |
| An Old Slant-eye Dressed Up in His AncientCostume to Show Off | [ 201] |
| The Whole Place Seemed to be a Moving Riverof Deer | [ 221] |
| Kak Rushed Forward With His Knife Ready | [ 249] |
KAK, THE COPPER ESKIMO
KAK, THE COPPER ESKIMO
CHAPTER I
The House That Kak Built
Kak was an Eskimo boy who lived in Victoria Island in Canada. He belonged to the Copper Eskimos. This name does not refer in any way to their complexions as “red Indians,” but is given because the people make all their knives and implements out of copper. As far as looks went Kak was quite ordinary—a short, muscular fellow, with brown hair and gray eyes, and a skin about the color of white boys’ skins at the end of the summer holidays when they are tanned. But his clothing was very different from ours, being made entirely of fur.