The San Francisco call. [volume], July 14, 1907, Page 20, Image 20

About The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913

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One morning, about a week after the Strawberfy-Picking adventure, Nokomis found a strange animaVs s footprints', in -(the sand
near the Smoke-House, -where the fish were being cured.. The tracks were somewhat like Little Bear's, except that "the claw.niarks^Wef c
longer and sharper. She knew at once that they were made by Gweng-gwah-uhgay, The Wolverene,^ the bigges^ nieanest^^and ugliest
6f all the Marten People. So destructive is Wolverene that the Paleface hunters call him "Carcajou; the Greedy Glutton." i Because he isj
such a thiet and is disliked by all the wild creatures, Big Bear had forbidden him to come into the Refuge Ground on pain of. deaths 1 But
when the snell of smoked. fish was wafted across the Stream he yielded to the temptation to follow.up.t he and,.crQ6SiCg~overx he
camecneaking along the shore, hoping to get a chance to steal some of the fish. "But Nokomis \va"s ready for him! / ? >J\y.^ >}:£^-i:}:f+:^
The waxmth of the fire and the bubbling song of the pot aoum lulled Little Eear into a dDze/(Ncxt to eating, and playing eomerhis-^
chief, the Little Cub liked to take i "cat naps "),/ All the while Wolverene,; the^Gi^y"Giu&'n;;Ws;lb^i^' l ißtift» I bu^^ As soon as; l»j
Baw there was no one left to guard thmgs but the bear cub and cr^
much attention to Little Bear, but fixed his'fierce eyes "upon lAvadak, intending to pounce on him and gobble^h^ up.in'a*jisyl« the'
*f ary old crow was too sharp to be caught napping. < He noticed "a "rnu'sky" smell in the air X^hich is a peculiarity of the Marten and V/ea
.. sel People) and looked around just in time to see Wolverene crouched for a spring! He cawed loudly:" "THIEVES !^ ROBBERS!!'
_j_WAKE UP, LITTLE BEARHr and^dodged behind the fire. "\u25a0 ' *' '__ _ -\u25a0^-^^\u25a0V:- \u25a0\u25a0: : :"• :;y:?^ :v :
? Into the fire Wo!vor^]tumblc^ head over heels! (He yelled and scrcedied'as the hot coals burned Kis hid^'*aHd,*in*toiggiing to :5;
escape, he knocked out one of the legs of the cooking fraraeJ*~DoTO cam^the^
dreadfully* '\u25a0 MY r£ Whet a row there was THEN ! \ .You couldn't ,see;anythmg bat a, f urfy b^l whirling in acloud of steam and cinders ! *
As soon'as Glutton could scrianble out hie bounded away^ howling frightfully andHleavirig' a; trail : 'of Tsrooke' BehmdJ'^^Gfowfingl Tiir&'iau&'ii
Ye^w Hair, wWe t p«'then retur^g'^ft the
wis frightenedalmost out of her witt-jand^ Growiing^Bird I felt pretty shaky hiniself— but he wouldn't rtuTaway ; and deserthis Uttfe play-f^
mate;' NO INDEED! -Instead, he^K^threw^out'the waW"an3-rr > v -, ' \u25a0"' - "- v ' /- ".."\u25a0•: .' \i "'."'^fr I ' [^i^-'^'ji:^ A *"'c'^> v«v «v i*^-'-"it'i *^-'-" i t'-
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/--.; She told Big Bear and ttechildren that they must 'makea<^pon"the"shore in'crder to'vatdi theSnioke^House. So she packed^
up,«rerytbing needful, closed the WigWtm, and "aUhaads" helped carty'tho stuff to the river bant ;.They cut poles for the frame of a lit- . . ,
tie Wigwam, covering it with a large piece of fiail-cloth. -This was to be a sleeping tent for Nokotais and the children; the others' were to
stay outside, dose to the Smoke-Lodge, 1 to "give the alarm should the' Greedy Glutton try to get in and steal the fish." Nokomis soon had a .
; fire started under the three4egged cooking frame and put oa the big iron pot to boiL ' While she and Big Bs3r busied themselves about - •
' the Smoke-Lodge GrowUug Bird and Yellow Hair started eff to fetch a pail of fresh Water , bttf'Aundak .and - Littls Bear, planted ' thcrn
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s ;• ; j- The GluttQa was so angry, because he fa^ to wt^Auadakto
.^ on his shouMws btis^g irf&
gleaming teeth, fierce eyes, and a white band _of fur across his hcad.^ Although nor so hiavy a
feet were flat and hear-like' and opened with •long,* shajp^claws; his curv«d and'husHy. ;-" ButXittle Bear pot on a boldfetmt :
growle^:j:^uff! W^lG^
,-. him, bit ibis ear, and began scratching and biting him as haTf3 as be could ! ; Little P»i»r knew -he must fight .far' his life and struck out
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