kan gold. I guess I'll have to get you each a piece for a
souvenir," and both boys were made happy by the present of a quaintly
shaped nugget, bought by Mr. Strong from the very miner who had mined it,
which of course added to its value.

"You're gathering quite a lot of souvenirs, Ted," said his father. "It's
a great relief that you have not asked me for anything alive yet. I have
been expecting a modest request for a Maiamute or a Husky pup, or perhaps
a pet reindeer to take home, but so far you have been quite moderate in
your demands."

"Kalitan never asks for anything," said Ted. "I asked him once why it
was, and he said Indian boys never got what they asked for; that
sometimes they had things given to them that they hadn't asked for, but,
if he asked the Tyee for anything, all he got was 'Good Indian get things
for himself,' and he had to go to work to get the thing he wanted. I
guess it's a pretty good plan, too, for I notice that I get just as much
as I did when I used to tease you for things," Teddy added, sagely.
"Wise boy," said his father. "You're certainly more agreeable to live
with. The next thing you are to have is a visit to an Esquimo village,
and, if I can find some of the Esquimo carvings, you shall have something
to take home to mother. Kalitan, what would you like to remember the
Esquimos by?"

Kalitan smiled and replied, simply, "_Mukluks_."

"What are _mukluks_?" demanded Ted.

"Esquimo moccasins," said Mr. Strong. "Well, you shall both have a pair,
and they are rather pretty things, too, as the Esquimos make them."

CHAPTER XI

AFTERNOON TEA IN AN EGLU

The Esquimo village was reached across the _tundra_, and Teddy and
Kalitan were much interested in the queer houses. Built for the long
winter of six or eight months, when it is impossible to do anything
out-of-doors, the _eglu_[15] seems quite comfortable from the Esquimo
point of view, but very strange to their American cousins.

[Footnote 15: The _eglu_ is the Esquimo house. Often they occupy tents
during the summer, but return to the huts the first cool nights.]

"I thought the Esquimos lived in snow houses," said Ted, as they looked
at the queer little huts, and Kalitan exclaimed:

"Huh! Innuit queer Indian!"

"No," said Mr. Strong; "his hut is built by digging a hole about six feet
deep and standing logs up side by side around the hole. On the top of
these are placed logs which rest even with the ground. Stringers are