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Natives of St. Lawrence Island 303 



Natives of the Pribilof Islands 27,294,419 



Amiable character of 262 



Attachment of, to islands 263, 431 



Behavior of, when injured 124 



Causes of mortality among : 261,432 



Character and condition of 419 



Characteristics of 430 



Comforts of 263 



Condition of, under Russian and American rule 28 



Converts to Christianity 422 



Customs of 31, 431 



Earnines of, 1870-1889 530 



Food of 32,425,427 



Gambling of 33,263,430 



Habitations of 28,20,299,422 



Habits of 431 



Influence of Alaska Commercial Company on 34 



Methods of cooking of 124 



Notes of an interview with 505 



Occupations of 33 



Physical characteristics 30, 420, 430 



Respect of, for law and order 294 



Seal flesh used medicinally by 123 



Treatment of, by Alaska Commercial Company 177, 298 



Nomenclature of seal rookeries, derivation of 267 



Nordenskiold's report on Commander Islands 180 



North Rookery, description and conditions on 97, 363, 364, 469 



Northeast Point Rookery, description and conditions on 90, 355, 357, 466 



Notes, oflQcial, on driving of seals 517 



Notes relative to pelagic sealing 520 



Occupations of natives 33 



Ofiicers of the Government on seal islands, 1869-1890, list of 509 



Oil and giiano company at Killisnoo, Alaska 579 



Oil of seals 133 



Organization and history of the Russian-American Fur Company 244 



Organization and regulations of the Alaska Commercial Company 37, 254 



Organization of sea-lion rookeries 141 



Organization of seal rookeries 55 



Origin and traits of Aleuts 30 



Orthography of Russian names 250 



Otter Island: 



Description of 22 



Geographical situation of 13 



Otter, sea : 



Description of 300 



Fur of 302 



Manner of taking 301 



Pacific and South Atlantic rookeries 194 



Packing skins for shipment 126 



Parasites of seals 265 



Pay of native labor 434 



Peculiarities of distribution of fur seals 326 



Pelage, seal, change in 117 



Pelagic birth of seals, erroneous statements 272 



Pelagic hunters, loss of seals by 523 



Pelagic sealing: 



Loss of seals by 523 



Notes relative to 520 



Number of seals taken by, 188G-1890 536 



Pirates 520 



Recent enterprise 132 



Permanent value of seal skins 250 



Physical characteristics of natives 30, 420, 430 



Physical characteristics of natives of St. Lawrence Island 303 



Physical characteristics of the sea lion 139 



Physical characteristics of the walrus 158 



Pirates (seal) and their work on the Pribilof Islands 510, 520 



Plants of the Pribilof Islands, notes on 228 



