kyack

• “Captain Steward sent back a message that he had to stay where he was because "his kyack was bigger than their kyacks.”

  S.S. Manhattan's Northwest Passage Voyage—Observations by Canada's Representative

• “The contents of the kyack meant _life_ to herself and to Ben, -- deliverance and safety when all seemed lost.”

  The Sky Line of Spruce

• “In the kyack of venison lay her own and her lover's safety: it contained enough nutritious food to sustain them until the fall rains could swell the Yuga and enable them to escape down to the Indian encampment.”

  The Sky Line of Spruce

• “She intended to steal the kyack of dried meat without which Ben and herself could not live.”

  The Sky Line of Spruce

• “At one side, quite to the edge of the firelight, she saw a kyack -- one of those square boxes that are hung on a pack saddle -- which seemed to be heaped with jerked caribou or moose flesh.”

  The Sky Line of Spruce

• “The fire was a heap of gray ashes except for its red-hot center: the kyack was in gloom.”

  The Sky Line of Spruce

• “Still trying to hold the kyack of food that meant life to Ben, she turned and darted into the shadows.”

  The Sky Line of Spruce

• “The kyack was quite in the shadow now, yet she dared not attempt its theft until the three men were asleep.”

  The Sky Line of Spruce

• “Then they slipped the thong of the sled across his shoulders and under his arms like loops of a kyack.”

  The Snowshoe Trail

• “In the meantime Toolooah crossed the strait in a kyack and found the natives.”

  Schwatka's Search

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