INDEX 



(For scientific names of animals see Appendix B) 



ALASKA, viii, ix, 179, 186, 217, 



228, 267, 289, 298, 305, 308, 



322, 324, 331. 

 Alaska jay, 10, 43, 62, 66, 69, 105, 



131, 143, 196, 210, 217-218, 



244, 274, 285. 

 Alaska Range, 313. 

 Alder, as fuel, 289. 

 Allen, J. A., 336. 

 Atlin District, 157. 

 Atlin Lake, 298, 304. 

 Aurora borealis, 84, 129. 



BALD EAGLE: 254, 256, 260; chas- 

 ing gull, 172-173. 



Balsam, as fuel, 270. 



Barr, Jack, 101, 139. 



Barr Creek, 101, 139. 



Barren Grounds, 322. 



Bear (Black): vii, 275, 282, 314; 

 actions when crossing fresh trail 

 of man, 103-104, 109; courage- 

 ous swimmer, 257; distribution, 

 327; dung of, 255; killed, 283- 

 284; observed near Yukon 

 River, 6; on MacMillan, 142; 

 receiving scent of man, 142, 150; 

 set-guns for, 278, 281 ; shooting 

 at, 256; stalking, 150; tracks on 

 Coal Creek, 10, 16, 79; tracks 

 on Katzehin River, 172, 174, 

 175; tracks on MacMillan River, 

 90, 98, 102; tracks on Ross 

 River, 254; tracks in Selwyn 

 Rockies, 127, 134. 



Bear (Grizzly): vii, 48, 104, 142, 

 167, 282, 314; caution of, 255; 

 catching a ground-squirrel, 26; 

 diggings, 23, 45, 54, 157, 216, 

 273, 293; distribution and hab- 

 its, 326; dung of, 255; eating 

 salmon, 256; instinct of scent, 



28-29; observed near Coal 

 Creek, 15; observed on Mac- 

 Millan River and Selwyn Rock- 

 ies; 98, 112, 117, 126, 131; ob- 

 served in Pelly Mountains, 201- 

 202; observed on Ross River, 

 260-261, 273; signs in Pelly 

 Mountains, 196, 246; stalking 

 and killing, 25-27; timidity of, 

 261; trails of, 255; tracks on 

 MacMillan River and Selwyn 

 Rockies, 98, 112, 117, 126, 131; 

 tracks on Ross River, 255. 



Bearberry, 33. 



Beaver: abundance on MacMillan, 

 some habits, instincts, etc., 91- 

 93; dams, 100-101, 134; carry- 

 ing sticks to house, 140; con- 

 structing house, 163; scarcity on 

 Pelly, 188; scarcity on Ross, 

 254; tail as delicacy, 94. 



Big Horn Creek, 304, 305. 



Big Salmon River, 171. 



Biological survey, xi-xiii, 4, 76, 

 131, 156, 294, 331. 



Birch (white), as fuel, 289. 



Black flies. (See Gnat.) 



British Columbia, 3, 303, 309, 322, 

 331, 332. 



Burwash, Mr., 155, 156. 



CACHES, NECESSITY of, 107. 



Cache Creek, 135. 



Cameron, D. A., 83, 140. 



Campbell, Robert: career as ex- 

 plorer, 183-186; discovers Mac- 

 Millan River, 88; discovers 

 Pelly River, 183; discovers Roas 

 River, 251. 



Caribou (Barren Ground): ac- 

 tions after being shot at, 66; 

 actions when feeding, 39; ac- 



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