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^'Sitkum tolla ! " chimes in the deeper voice of the stolid Siwash, who steadies the cranky craft with his paddle. And, one of the smart Alecks among the passengers, who under- stands human nature better than Chinook, yells back : ** Sixteen dollars be hanged, I'll give you $2. 50. " And so the trade is eagerly made, but the market is spoiled for the rest of the passengers, and Aleck enjoys a short-lived tri- umph until he learns true wisdom by experience. As ponies are to the plains Indians, s...o are canoes to the shore dwellers of the Pacific. They are the universal vehicles of locomotion and livelihood. In all Alaska there are but three horses, and one of these is said to be a mule. Be- yond the limits of compact populations there are no roads, excepting foot trails over the mountains, only the intermin- . Able waterways through archipelagoes and long rivers which penetrate far into the land ; and the Indian who wishes to haul freight or travel, instead of hitching up his team, simply launches his canoe.
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