ow larger than almost any place in Alaska."

"They're certainly good," said Ted, his mouth full as he spoke. "These
salmon-berries are a kind of a half-way between our blackberries and
strawberries. I never saw anything prettier than the way the red and
yellow berries grow so thick on the same bush--"

"There come the canoes!" interrupted Kalitan, and the two boys ran down
to the water's edge, eager to be the first to greet the visitors. Tyee
Klake was 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 gaily decorated, and they came swiftly onward to the weird chant
of the paddlers, which the breeze wafted to the listeners' ears in a
monotonous melody.

Every one in the village had been astir since daybreak, preparing for the
great event. Parallel lines had been strung from the chief's house to the
shore, and from these were hung gay blankets, pieces 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 in wonderful blankets
woven in all manner of fanciful designs and trimmed with long woollen
fringes, swayed back and forth, up and down, to and fro, in a very
graceful manner, keeping time to the music.

In the centre of the largest canoe stood the Tyee of a neighbouring
island, a tall Indian, dressed in a superb blanket with fringe a foot
long, fringed leggins and moccasins of walrus hide, and the chiefs hat to
show his rank. It was a peculiar head-dress half a foot high, trimmed in
down and feathers.

The Tyee, in perfect time to the music, swayed back and forth, never
ceasing for a moment, shaking his head so that the down was wafted in a
snowy cloud all over him.

As the canoes reached the shallows, the shore Indians dashed into the
water to draw them up to land, and the company was joyously received.
Teddy 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
arranged themselves in opposite lines, men on one side, women on the
other, and swayed their bodies while the drum kept up its unceasing
tum-tum-tum.

"It's a little bit like square dances at home," said Ted. "It's ever so
pretty, isn't it? First they sway to the right, then to the left, over
and over and over; then they bend their