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of the Thlinkets or Sitkans, 65
Glaciers of the Alentian Islands, 183
of Cook's Inlet, 84
of Prince William Sound, 78
of the Sitkan Archipelago and Cross Sonnd, 19, 20
of Mount St. Elias region, 75
of Copper River region, 76 easy approach to Grand, Icy Bay, 19, 20 Gold-bearing quartz, Sitkan Archipelago, 69, 70 Cook's Inlet, 96, 97
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INDEX.
Golovin Bay, Norton's Sound, mines in, | Kadiak, old colonial citizens of, 104 424
Goreloi, island of, 183, 184
Government, civil laws, etc., for Alaska,
Greek Church, in Alaska, 40, 41, 120, 121, 137, 164, 174, 178, 888
Guano, accumulation prevented, 221
H
HAIDAH Indians, best savages of the Sit- kan region, 44
house, or "rancherie," 46, 47, 48, 49, 51 Hair-seal, description of, 255, 256, 257, 332
picture of Phoca-fœtida, 441
picture of E. barbatus, 383
Halibut, Sitkan natives fishing for, 55, 63 Aleutes fishing for, 213, 213
Hauling grounds, selection of, by fur- seals, 294, 295, 296
Hogs. 108, 208
Hot springs, near Sitka, 68
Peninsula and Aleutian Islands, 123, 183, 184
Homeward voyage and shipwreck of Ber- ing, 3, 4
Human protection of fur-seals, 373
Hunting sea-otter, 127, 128, 129, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144
Hutchinson, H. M., his labors, 247, 248
I
ICE Company, San Francisco, 105 Icy Bay, grand glacier in, 19, 20 Ilyamna, volcano of, 87
lake, 396
Implements, agricultural, manufacture of, at Sitka, 33
Indians of the Sitkan region, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 51, 52, 53, 54, 59, 60, 64, 65
Ingaleek, or Interior Indians of Alaska, 408, 417, 418
Innuits, or Eskimo, characteristics of, 376, 377, 378, 379, 380, 381, 382, 383, 384, 385, 386, 387, 388, 389, 390, 391, 392, 393, 394, 411, 426, 431, 432, 437, 456, 457, 45S
Intoxication among Alaskan natives, 66, 137, 174, 175, 235
J
JAPANESE and Aleutian facial resem- blance, 163
Jumping out of water by fur-seals, 300, 301
Juneau, gold mining at, 69
Juvenal, tragic death of Father, 396, 397
K
KADIAK, the island of, 98, 99, 103 sheep raising, 107
sea-otter hunting by natives of, 116 old ship-building industry, 105, 106 Ice Company of San Francisco, 105 timber line drawn upon, 103
wars of early Russian traders, 102, 103 visit, and establishment of Shellikov, 99, 100, 101, 102
Kanaga, island of, 181, 183
Kaniags, natives of Kadiak, 109, 110
Kamlayka, the water-proof, 371
Kashga, the Innuit, 385, 386, 387
Kenai Peninsula, 84, 85, 86
Kenaitze Indians, habits and appearance of, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93
queer architecture of, 92
Killer whales, their ferocity, 325, 327, 330
Killing grounds, Seal Islands, 337, 338, 339, 34, 341
Killing sea-lions, method of natives, 368, 369
Kings Island, or Ookivok, 425, 426
Kotzebue Sound, characteristics of, 432, 433, 434
Kolmakovsky, trading-post of, 406
Krenitzin Group of Islands, 148
Kuskokvim region, characteristics of, 402, 403, 404, 405
density of population of, 403, 404
commercial poverty of it, 407, 408
prevalence of mosquitoes in it, 405, 406
L
LAND and scenery of the Sitkan region, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 26, 27
of the Mount St. Elias region, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75
of the Cook's Inlet, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86 of the Kadiak district, 98, 99, 100, 103, 104, 105, 106, 117
of the Aleutian district, 148, 149, 150, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 162, 163 of the Pribylov Islands, 215, 226, 227
of the Nooshagak region, 374, 375, 376, 395
of the Kuskokvim region, 395, 403, 404, 405, 406, 407
of the Yukon region, 395
of the Bering Sea Islands, 425, 426, 497, 430, 442, 443, 461, 462
of the Alaskan Arctic region, 424, 425. 434, 436, 437, 438, 439, 440
Law, natural, obeyed among the fur-scals, 310
protecting the seal islands, 250
Lead, ore of, miner's prospecting for, 424 Lease of the Seal Islands, 250
M
MACKEREL, Atkhan, or "yellow-fish," 181, 182 Mahklok, big hair-seal (Erignathus), 382, 383 Makooshin, volcano of, 160, 161
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INDEX.
Mammoth and mastodon, fossil remains of, 424, 434
Massacre of Baranov's Sitkan garrison (1801), 28
of Drooshinnin's party, 159
of Seribniekov's party, 76
by Glottov, of Oonalaskhan natives, 160
by Glottov, of Four Mountain natives, 186
Mcasles and typhoid-pneumonia in, 64, 112, 113
Medicines and pathology of Alaskan sav- ages, 112 Michaelovsky, trading-post of, 413, 419 Mirage, the Arctic, 421
Missionaries, Russian, labors of, 99, 106, 121,388
Moose, hunting of, 407
Morgan, Captain E., labors of, 247, 248
Morserovia, village of, 121
Morse (see Walrus)
Mosses, Alaskan, 22, 38, 149, 155, 163, 200, 318, 398, 403, 420, 442, 462
Mosquitoes, curse of Alaska, 405, 406 none on Seal Islands, 204
Mummies, Aleutian, 186
Mushrooms, on the Seal Island, 203, 204 Musk-ox not found in Alaska, 418
Mutilation of female fur-seals, 276
N
NEPIELOGICAL and auroral phenomena, 158, 198, 420
Niebaum, Captain G., labors of, 247
Nikolsky, village of, 184
Nooshagak region and village of, 374, 375, 376, 398
Nomenclature of fur-seal rookeries, 320 Norton Sound, 424
OCCUPATION of Alaska by Americans (1867), 12 of Alaska by Russians (1745-63), 128
of the Seal Islands by Russians (1786), 192, 193 of the Seal Islands by Americans (1868), 247, 248
Odor from the killing grounds, 350, 351 from the fur-seal blubber, 292, 372 Oil, fur-seal and sea-lion, 372 oolachan grease, 57 herring, 57 beluga and mahklok, 405 coal, use of by Aleutes, 167
"Old colonial settlers," 85, 86 Ommaney, Cape, 27 Oomnak, island of, 184, 185
Oonalashka, village and island of, 139, 156, 157, 158 Oonimak, island of, 145, 146, 147
Oonga, village and fisheries, 122, 193, 124 Ookamok, island and penal settlement on, 116, 117
Ookivok, island and village of, 425, 426 Oogashik, village of, 119
Oonalga, island of, 155
Oogalgan, island of, 155
Oogamok, island of, 148
Otter Island, or " Bobrovia, " 219 Otter, sea, hunting, 120, 179
a description of it, 130, 131, 132
PARKA, the Innuit garment, 377, 378, 410, 411
Pelagic fur sealing, 452, 453
Peninsula of Alaska, 82, 117, 118
Penal settlement, R. A. Co. on Ookamok, 116, 117
Pneumonia, typhoid, scourge of, recently, 112, 113
Pogromnia Sopka, volcano of, 146
Polar bears, on the Seal Islands, 194, 464 on St. Matthew's Island, 463, 464
Poonook, islets and village of, 444 .
Population of Alaska, 13, 14
Poultry kept in Alaska, 107, 185
Port Clarence, description of, 427, 428
Potatoes, how cultivated, and where, 60, 61, 106, 421
Powers and privileges of old Russian Company, 9, 10, 11
Pribylov, Gerassim, the discoverer of the Seal Islands, 191, 192, 323
Pribylov Islands, agriculture on, 204
algæ of the, 214, 215
animals and birds, 208, 209, 210, 211, 213, 214, 223, 224
churches and schools, 241, 246
climate and winds, 194, 195, 196, 197
colonization, 193, 230, 231
creature-comforts of natives now, 232, 233
description of natives of, 235, 236, 237, 238, 239
dimensions and contour of, 215, 226, 297
disappearance of seals and birds in winter, 305, 306, 327
discussion of seal life, 255, 258, 292, 293, 294
eligibility of, 220, 230
flowering plants, etc., of, 200, 201, 20:2, 203
fogs and mists of, 194, 195, 306
gastronomic value of waterfowl eggs, 211
general business methods of sealing, 234, 237, 245, 246, 252
geographical position of, 194 geological structure of, 199, 215, 216, 217, 224, 225, 227, 228 grand total of fur-seals on, 312 isolation of rookeries on, 191, 193, 194 insects of, 204
lack of harbors in the, 217, 218
land animals of the, 205, 206, 207 peculiar advantages of, to fur-seals, 194, 195, 230
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INDEX.
Pribylov Islands, peculiar cats on the, 207
polar bears on the, 194, 464
poultry kept on the, 208
remarks on walrus of the, 255, 332 Russian slaughter on, 316
scarcity of fish around the, 213 status of early colonists, 231, 232 sheep, on the rookeries, 270
stock-raising on the, 207, 208
vast numbers of waterfowl on the, 290, 221, 222
Veniaminov's account of the, 194, 200 vigilance of the natives, 253
weight, growth, etc., of fur-seals on the, 278, 279, 304, 305
Prince Frederick Sound, its awful scenic grandeur, 23
Prince William Sound, its gloomy scenic character, 78
Prince of Wales Island, 15, 99
Prostration of natives in sunshine, 197 of fur-seals, when driven, 336
Protection of fur-seals, 326, 327, 332, 373
Pups, fur-seal, description of, 282, 283, 284, 285, 286, 287
learning to swim, 287, 288, 289
QUARTZ mines near Sitka, 69, 70 on Douglas Island, 70
R
REINDEER, 121, 122, 397, 418
marked difference from that of Siberia, 397, 398
Rocks of St. Matthew's Island, beauty of, 463
Rookeries, Pribylov Islands, 292, 293, 294, 310, 311, 312
Resurrection Bay, first Alaskan shipyard there, 79
Russian-American Company, its history, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 103
Russian coins, their names and value, 8 exploration and traders, bad record of, 4, 5, 6
rival companies (1745-1786), 191
seal islands, Bering and Copper, 327, 373
Governors living at Sitka, 34
Russians, as they lived at Sitka, 32, 33
S
SAANAK, great sea-otter camp of, 138, 141, 142
Saint Elias, Mount, 73
George Village, Pribylov Group, 35:2 Lawrence Island, Bering Sea, 442, 443
Matthew's Island, Bering Sea, 461, 462, 463 Michaels, post of, 413, 419
Saint Nicholas, redonbt, Kenai, 84 Paul Village, Pribylov Group, 352 Salmon in the Sitkan region, 56
in Cook's Inlet, Sitkan region, 87, 94, 95, 96
in the Kadiak district, 115, 116
in the Aleutian district, 168, 185
in the Nooshagak district, 398, 399, 400
in the Kuskokvim district, 404
in the Yukon district, 417, 418
in the Alaskan Arctic, 434, 435
Salt House, work in, at Saint Paul, 345, 346
Semeisopochnoi, islands of, 181
Schools, 120, 173
Scrofula, virulence of, among Alaskan natives, 111
Sea-cow, Rhytina stelleri, 4
Seal (see Fur-seal, Hair-seal)
Seal Islands (see Pribylov Islands)
Seal and walrus hunting, Innuit, 400, 426, 440, 441, 460, 461
Sca-otter, a description of it, 130, 131, 132
early Russian hunt for, 128, 191
native hunters of, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 179, 181
Sea-lions, arrival at breeding grounds, 357
Eumetopius stelleri, adult males, 354, 355, 356, 357
Eumetopias stelleri, adult females, 357 description of a fight between rivals, 355, 356
general uses of, to natives, 363, 369
natives driving the, 364, 365, 366, 367
manner of capture of, 364, 365
manner of penning or coralling, 365
manner of killing them on St. Paul, 368, 369
meat, good quality of, 372
sites of their abandoned rookeries, 321, 332
St. George, the last resort for, 362, 363 shedding hair, 360
shyness and relative cowardice, 332, 356 Shamans, their services, 50, 112
Sheep, trial, and failure to raise in Alaska, 107
Shellikov, Grigoria, his labors, 99, 100, 101, 102
Shipbuilding in Alaska, 79, 80, 105, 106 Shipyard at Sitka, 32
Shishaldin, beautiful volcano of, 146
Shoomagin Islands, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126 Siberian coast, Bering Straits' shore, 429 Sitka, its history, 27, 29, 30, 31, 32 as it is to-day, 33, 34, 35
Small-pox, epidemic of, 64, 113, 421 Soil and climate, not favorable to agricul- ture (see Agriculture)
Special Agents of the Treasury Depart- ment, 251, 252
Sports and pastimes of the natives, 65, 175 of the young fur-seals, 298, 299, 300
473
INDEX.
Steamers, trading, on the Yukon, 414 Steller, George W., his labors, 189 Stench arising from fur-seal carcasses, 350, 351
from decaying salmon and its roc, 57, 399
Superstitions of the natives, 80, 81, 90 Surveys of the fur-seal breeding grounds, 310, 311, 312 Swans, capture of, 399 Swimming feats of fur-seals, 300, 301, 302
T
TANAGA, island of, 181, 183 Telegraph, Collins Overland, 427, 428 Thlinkets, or Sitkan Archipelago Indians, 43, 44, 45, 52, 53, 54, 59, 60
Tidal phenomena of Cook's Inlet, 83, 87 of Bristol Bay, 374, 375 of Kuskokvim River, 402 uncertainties in Bering Sea, 197, 198 Tigalda, island of, 154, 155
Timber of Alexander Archipelago, 21, 22, 71 of Mount St. Elias region, 72, 77
of Cook's Inlet region, 85
of Kadiak District region, 103, 104, 105
of Aleutian District region, 157
of Alaskan Interior region, 395, 408, 409, 416
of Alaskan Arctic region, 425, 439, 443 | Tinneh, or Ingaleeks of Alaska, 408
Timidity and shyness of pinnipeds at sea, 331
Togiaks, Quaker-like Innuits, 401, 402
Treasury Department, its control of Seal Islands, 250, 251, 252
Totem and totemic posts, 49
Transfer of Alaska, cause why so done, 11,12
Traffic by traders in the Sitkan region, 36, 37, 38, 39
in the Kadiak region, 119, 120, 129
in the Aleutian region, 129, 191
in the Yukon, Nooshagak, and Kuskok- vim region, 384, 414, 418 in the Bering Sea and the Arctic, 425 Treadwell Gold-mining Stamp Mill, 69, 71 Tusks of the Walrus, 450, 451
U
UGIAK, Eskimo sea-god, 393, 423 Uses of sea-lion skins in making boats, 370,371 of walrus-skins in making boats, 454 of walrus-teeth, 404
V
VENIAMINOV, the distinguished Russian | priest, 37, 309
Volcanic region of Cook's Inlet, 87 -
region of Oonimak, 146, 147, 148 region of Atkha, 183 region of Oomnak, 161
Volcanic elevation of Bogaslov Islet re- cently, 186, 187
Voyage of Captain Cook (1778), 83, 176, 430
of Veit Bering (1741), 1, 2, 3, 4, 73, 74 of Tscherikov (1741), 1, 73, 74
of Shellikov (1782-84), 99, 100, 102
of Simeon Deschnev (1648), 429
W
WALKER, Lake, 399, 400
Walrus, a description of, 444, 445, 446, 447, 449
in Bristol Bay, 399
alarm when approached in boats, 332
in Arctic, 425, 444
Walrus Islet, a description of, 220, 444, 445
visit to, gathering eggs, 210, 220, 221, 222, 223
Walrus and seal-hunting and hunters, 400, 426, 440, 441, 460, 461
Wars of the Thlinkets, 44 of the Innuits, 417
of the Russian traders, 6, 29, 30, 101
Water-craft of the Sitkans, 62, 63
of the Aleutes, 33
of the Ingaleeks, 417
of the Innuits, 411, 427, 453, 454
Weaving, grass baskets, hats, etc., by Alentians, 181 grass and bark, by Sitkans, 52
Whaling, Aleutian, 151, 152, 153 Americans, 71, 72, 440, 441 Innuit, 439
Wolves, none on the Aleutian Chain now, 156
Wrangel, Mount, the highest North American peak, 77 town of, 17, 18, 25
YUKON, the river, its characteristics, 412, 413. 414, 415, 416, 419 contignons country to, 415, 416 its people, 417, 418, 419
Z
ZAGOSKIN, Lieutenant, his labors (1841- 1845), 422 Zarenbo, island of, 27 Lieutenant, 25 Zulophus and Eumetopias, differences between, 362
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