Change your ways when fear seizes," he had said, "for it usually means you are doing something wrong.
There the old Eskimo hunters she had known in her childhood thought the riches of life were intelligence, fearlessness, and love. A man with these gifts was rich and was a great spirit who was admired in the same way that the gussaks admired a man with money and goods.
Wolves are brotherly," he said. "They love each other, and if you learn to speak to them, they will love you too.
Yes, you are Eskimo," he had said. "And never forget it.
Chicken is Good! It tastes like chicken.
Charlie Wind once told me we must keep the animals on Earth, for they know everything: how to keep warm, predict the storms, live in darkness or blazing sun, how to navigate the skies, to organize societies, how to make chemicals and fireproof skins. The animals know the Earth as we do not.
I must say this now about that first fire. It was magic.
When fear seizes change what you are doing. You are doing something wrong.
Most of these wild animals depart in autumn when the sun changes their behavior and they feel the urge to migrate or go off alone. While they are with us, however, they become characters in my books, articles, and stories.