CONTENTS. 



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I. Location, area, and population 7-1 1 



II. Indian tribes of Alaska 12-14 



III. Geography and topography 15-24 



IV. Climate 25-29 



V. Towns and trading posts 30-34 



VI. Forests of Alaska — Varieties of timber 35-37 



VII. Agricultural resources 3S-42 



VIII. The fur-seal and other fisheries 43-74 



IX. Mineral resources — The Klondike gold region 75-124 



X. Commerce — Transportation facilities — Proposed railroad 125-12S 



XI. Territorial government 129-130 



Index 131-133 



Map of Alaska Frontispiece 



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