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BIG GAME SHOOTING IN ALASKA 



Sexton, Mr., U.S. Marshal, arrests party, 

 235 ; seizes my papers, 237 ; previous 

 career, 239 ; in court at Kenai, 246 ; 

 arrests Mr. Niedieck, 259 ; final 

 encounter with, 273 



Shaw, Captain, 256 



Sheep, wild : species and distrilnition, 67 ; 

 measurements and weights, 68 ; deter- 

 mination of nge, 69 ; abundance of ewes 

 and scarcity of rams, 178, 188, 190 ; 

 habits, 179; an eventful shot, 180; 

 good heads secured by Mr. Glyn, 192 



Sheep Creek Glacier, 196 



Shooting permits, 27, 77 



Sitka, journey to, 84 



Skinning, difficulties of, loi 



Skins, destruction by water, 74 ; Aleut 

 method of cleaning, iio 



Skulls, brown bears', 53 



Skwentna River, game at, 15 



Snug Harbour, 14 



Stephanoff Hay, 17 



Stikine River, 67 



Stone, Mr. A. J., 48, 57, 62, 64, 66, 76, 

 124, 170, 204 



Stracey, Mr., 50 



.Strawberries, Yukon, 102 



Studley, Mr. J. T., 76 



Sulivan, native assistant, 198 



Sushitna River, 15, 68, 168 ; gold found 

 at, 272 



Tents, dimensions and materials, 20, 79 ! 

 cotton versus hemp ropes, 22 



Text of Alaska Game Laws, 35 



Three Star Point, 17, 1 18 



Timber, scarcity of, 90, 131, 152 



Towing, difficulties of, 90, 175 



Trial at Kenia, 245 ; oratory in, 246 ; 

 acquittal of author, 248 ; Messrs. Glyn 

 and Little fined, 249 ; evidence sent to 

 Washington, 249, 272 ; at Saldovia, 

 259, 262 



Tyoiiook, steamer, 167, 254, 256 



Uganiik Island, 16 



Unga Island, 16, 167 



Unimak Island, 17 



Union Club, N'ictoria, B.C., 80 



Ursus kidderi, 45 ; dalligyas, 45 ; mtrrianii, 



45 ; americanus, 49 ; cmmonsi, 50 ; 



middendorffi, 16, 268 

 Uyak, salmon-cannery, 167 



Valdez, bad news, 86 ; legal advice at, 271 ; 



farewell to, 274 ; projected railway, 



268, 272 

 \'ander Hyl, Mr., 71, 244, 256, 279 

 Velvet, on antlers, 59, 211 

 Volcanic explosions, Bering Sea, 154 

 Vohinteei\, yacht, 128 ; sea-going qualities 



of, 130 



Wages of guides and natives, 19 



Walrus, protection of, 31 ; vain search lor, 



152 

 Ward, Mr. Rowland, measurements of bears' 



skulls, 53 

 W^ashington, courtesy of officials at, 77 ; 



visit to National Zoological Park, 



284 

 Wetherbee, Mr., Kussiloft", 171 

 Weights: bear, 47, 115; moose, 62, 



212 

 Wilson, Mr. James, Minister of Agriculture, 



236, 246 

 Winchester rifles, 26 

 Winds, peculiarities of Alaskan, 96, 112, 



137. 265, 277 

 "Woollies," local name of gales, 277 

 Wounds, expanding-bullct, jo8, 136, 160, 



180 

 Wrestling, Japanese, 280 



Yakutat, 274 



Yarns, some big, 82, 84, 164, 187, 278 



Yukon strawberries, 102 



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