The Kadiak Bear and his Home 



named Duncan. At first he founded his colony on 

 the mainland, in British territory, but was there so 

 hampered by religious rules that, with almost all 

 his followers, he moved to Annette, where he is 

 still beloved by the natives, to whom he has taught 

 right living and many valuable arts of civilization. 



We kept the inland route until Icy Straits took 

 us away from Glacier Bay, and out into the 

 open ocean. Early the next morning Yakutat 

 came into view, and our boat was quickly sur- 

 rounded by canoes filled with Indians, their wives, 

 and woven baskets. These natives, supposed to 

 belong to the Tlinkits, were distinctly less ad- 

 vanced than the Haida Indians. 



In Yakutat we thought we were lucky in buying 

 three Siwash bear dogs, but were not long in dis- 

 covering our mistake. One of the dogs was so 

 fierce we had to shoot him. Another was wild and 

 ran away at the first opportunity, and the "last of 

 the Siwash," though found wanting in every hunt- 

 ing instinct, had a kindly disposition and staid with 

 us. We could not bring ourselves to the shooting 

 point. Finally we found a Creole, who kept a 

 store in a remote village on Kadiak Island, willing 

 to take him off our hands. 



The sight of the massive snow face of Mt. St. 

 Elias, rising 18,002 feet above the immense 



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