INDEX 



Abercrombie, Capt. W. R. 262 

 Abies amabilis 246 



lasiocarpa 240, 246 

 Afognak Island, area 263 

 forests 244 

 salmon 349-350 

 Afterglow 280, 286 

 Aghileen Pinnacles 88 

 Agriculture 271 

 Air, elementary facts 279-289 

 Akutan Island 169, 305 

 Alaska, area 257-258 



boundary 33, 198, 241 

 climates 267-272 

 forests 235-256, 272 

 history 185-204 

 population 273-274 

 resources 274-276 

 scenery 276-277 



Alaska Commercial Co. 81,185, 303, 305 

 Alaska Peninsula 86-87, 88-89, "'. 



133-134. 2S7. 264 

 natives 168 



trees 236, 237, 244, 245 

 volcanos 88, 284 

 Alaska or yellow cedar ( Chamacyparis 



nootkatensis) 247 

 Albatross following ship 64 

 ' Albatross,' U. S. Fish Commission 



Steamer 312, 324, 332 

 Alder, Oregon (Alnus oregona) 247, 



249 

 Alder, shrubby (Alnus sinuatal) 63, 83, 



219, 222, 225, 249, 251, 252. 

 Aleutian Islands 79, 133-134 



Aleutian Islands, fortified posts 196 



natives 167-170 



surveys 200 



treeless 236, 244 



village 169 



Aleutian sandpiper in 

 Aleutian song sparrow 80, 225 

 Aleuts 165, 167-170, 189 

 Alexander Archipelago 127, 128-129 



forests 235, 244, 246 

 Aliutorski Islands 188 

 Allen, Lieut. Henry T. 240, 241 

 ' Alpine glow ' 287, 288 

 Alpine hemlock ( Tsuga mertensiana) 



247, 25 2 



Alpine meadow 220-221 

 Alsek River 260 

 Altitude of timberline 241 

 Amherst Glacier 70 

 Anadyr River 186 

 Anderson, Capt., Discovery of New 



Bogoslof volcano 303-305 

 Anemone, yellow 106 

 Annette Island 24, 152-155 

 Antarctic glaciers 124, 259 

 Anvik 199 

 Arborvitse or red cedar ( Thuja plicata) 



247, 272 

 Arctic explorations 198, 199 



fox, 232 



terns 71, 217, 218, 220 



tundras 205, 225, 231, 232 



twilight, 281 



Arteaga, early explorer 190 

 Aruncus 250 



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