but who should be educated here to make the best of their talents in
their home surroundings.

[Footnote 6: Dr. Sheldon Jackson, General Agent of Education in the
Territory.]

"That is one crying shame to our government, that they have neglected the
Alaskan citizens. Forty years have been wasted, but we are beginning to
wake up now, and twenty years more will see the Indians of Kalitan's
generation industrious men and women, not only clever hunters and
fishermen, but lumbermen, coopers, furniture makers, farmers, miners, and
stock-raisers."

At this moment their quiet conversation was interrupted by a wild shout
from the shore, and, springing to their feet, they saw Chetwoof
gesticulating wildly and shouting to the Tyee, who had been mending his
canoe by the riverbank. Kalitan dropped everything and ran without a
word, scudding like the arrow from which he took his name. Before Ted
could follow or ask what was the matter, from the ocean a huge body
rose ten feet out of the water spouting jets of spray twenty feet into
the air, the sun striking his sides and turning them to glistening
silver. Then it fell back, the waters churning into frothy foam for a
mile around.

"It's a whale, Ted, sure as you live. Luck certainly is coming your way,"
said his father; but, at the word "whale," Ted had started after Kalitan,
losing no time in getting to the scene of action as fast as possible.

"Watch the Tyee!" called Kalitan over his shoulder, as both boys ran down
to the water's edge.