INDEX 



291 



Languages, variety of native, 8, 103 



Libel, American law of, 239 



Little, Mr. Clififord, So, 91, 99, 114 



McKinley, Mount, 68 



Mannlicher rifles, 26, 91, 108, 160 



Marshals, U.S., appointment of, 271 



Mearns, Mr. G., 60, 244 



Measles, epidemic of, 10 



Measurements : bear, 47, 100 ; moose, 60, 



62 ; sheep, 68 

 Merriam, Dr. Hart, 30, 44, 77 

 Meshik River, 93, 102 

 Mineral wealth of Alaska, i, 75, 269, 274 

 Misadventures with bears, 122, 130, 138, 



214, 226 

 Moller Bay, hot springs at, 157 

 Montague Island, 14, 186 

 Moose : size and distribution, 59 ; habits, 



59, 207 ; velvet on antlers, 59, 211 ; 



measurements and weights, 60, 62 ; 



record head, 60 ; Lake Superior, 63 ; 



method of hunting, 203 ; my first bull, 



210; scarcity of big bulls explained, 



212 ; my second bull, 220 ; good bull 



shot by Mr. R. F. Glyn, 223 ; cow 



chased by bull, 226 ; calling up, 228 ; 



fight between bulls, 232; native method 



of hunting, 252 

 Morgan, Mr., Kussiloff, 241 

 Mosquitoes, yarns about, 83, 164 ; plague 



of, 154 

 Mount McKinley, 68 ; St. Elias, 72 ; 



Pavlofif, 155 

 Mumps, natives attacked by, 10, 172, 186, 



190 



Natives: racial variety, 8 ; epidemics among, 



10 ; wages demanded by, 19 ; appetite 



of, 198, 215 

 New York, author under suspicion at, 284 ; 



great Horse Show at, 285 

 A^d'Tf/o;-/, steamer, 161, 164; rolling powers, 



165 ; lively passengers, 165 ; pugilism 



on board, 166 

 Nicolni Creek, 224, 229 

 Niedieck, Mr. P., lavish expenditure of, 



256, 258 ; his " race to Alaska," 259 ; 



arrest and trial, 259 ; moose-heads of, 



260 

 Nikita, native assistant, 123 

 Nome City, steamer, 257 

 Nushugak River, 17 



Oil, discovery of, 167, 269, 274 

 Old Woman's Bay, 89 

 Oolichan (candle-fish), 120 



Osgood, Mr. W., 44, 2S4 

 Otter, sea, 7 

 Outfit, hunting, 20, 78 



Ovis dalli, 67 ; fannini, 67 ; stonei, 67 ; 

 nelsoni, 282 



Paget, Mr. F., 76 



Palmer, Dr. T. S., 27, 32, 44, 284 



Pavlofif, Captain, navigating skill of, 123 



Pavloff, Mount, 155 



Peregrines, nest of, 141 



Permits, shooting and export, 27, 77 ; 



special, 236, 246 

 Phosphorescence, brilliant effect of, i 59 

 Picoon, Nicolai, 87, 125, 168, 268 

 Polly Creek, 14 

 Popoff Island, 123 

 Port Haiden, 93 

 Portage Bay, 123, 158 

 Pribilofif Islands, 8 

 Ptarmigan, willow, 229 



Railway from Valdez, projected, 268, 272 



Rangifer arcticus, 65 ; granti, 65 ; stonei, 66 



Record moose-head, 60 



Redfern, Captain, pugilistic prowess of, 165 



Reed, Mr. A. S., 76, 80, 206 



Religion, 8 



Rheumatism, hot springs cure, 156 



River-crossing, ingenious, 184 



Rivers: Copper, 14; Sushitna, 15; 



Skwentna, 15; Kuskoquim, 16; 



Stikine, 67 ; Bear, 89, 132 ; Meshik, 



93 ; Kussiloff, 175 

 Ropes, cotton versus hemp, 22 

 Roxburghe, Duke of, 285 

 Russian trade willi Alaska, 2 



St. Elias, Mount, 72 



Saldovia : guides, 18, 168; we land at, 168, 



256 ; scarcity of accommodation, 168, 



261 ; salmon-fishing, 169, 171 ; meet 



Mr. Stone at, 170; arrest and trial of 



Mr. Niedieck, 259 

 Salmon: fisheries, 4, 167, 173; enormous 



numbers of, 134, 141 ; bears' method 



of catching, 134 

 Sand Point, 122, 159 ; earthquake at, 161 

 Schultze, Charles, trail-running feats, 126; 



services as packer, 127 

 Scott, Mr., Popoff Island, 123, 159 

 Sea-fishing, 10 

 Seals : fur, 8 ; hair, 149, 161 ; fresh-water, 



149 

 Seattle, 13, 74, 78, 277 ; complimentary 



dinner at, 279 ; wrestling - boxing 



match, 280 



