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 1970

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

The Sky Line of Spruce Edison Marshall 1930

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

The Snowshoe Trail Edison Marshall 1930

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 Edison Marshall 1930

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 Edison Marshall 1930

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

The Sky Line of Spruce Edison Marshall 1930

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

The Sky Line of Spruce Edison Marshall 1930

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 Edison Marshall 1930

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 Edison Marshall 1930

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

Schwatka's Search 1869