kyak

• The eldest had taken a trip on the ocean in his kyak or light skin boat. —  Short Sketches from Oldest America
• Some acquaintances coming along reported that they had not seen anything of the missing man; then suspicion began to be aroused that everything might not be right and a search was instituted, but no trace could be found of him or his kyak; no one along the coast seemed able to throw any light on his whereabouts, although they lent their aid by joining in with the searching party 2] Iglo, a mound house As time went by, all hopes of the missing one's return were abandoned. —  Short Sketches from Oldest America
• Grasping the spear with a hand rendered firm by despair, he awaited the right moment, and just as the animal was about to close its massive jaws to crush him and his frail kyak (aiming down the throat, his fright lending strength to the action) he cast the spear with great force. —  Short Sketches from Oldest America
• From a hole in the rocks Koki now hauled his kyak or small skin boat, where he had left it from a former trip, and dragging it down upon the ice, he lashed it upon the small sled to be carried still farther The dog-team, which I had seen following in the distance, had now come up with us, and I heard one man say to the other: "There is Mrs. Sullivan," but I did not recognize the voice. —  A Woman who went to Alaska
• I cannot get out of the kyak," I cried lustily. —  A Woman who went to Alaska

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