CONTENTS. Vll 



Coast, Constructed here in 1794. The Brig Phoenix, One Hundred and 

 Eighty Tons, No Paint or Tar Covered with a Coat of Spruce-Gum, 

 Ochre, and Whale-oil, Wrecked in 1799 with Twenty Priests and Dea- 

 cons of the Greek Church on Board. Every Soul Lost. Love of the 

 Natives for their Rugged, Storm-beaten Homes. 



CHAPTER V. 



COOK'S INLET AND ITS PEOPLE pp. 82-97 



Cook's "Great River." The Tide-rips, and their Power in Cook's Inlet. 

 The Impressive Mountains of the Inlet. The Glaciers of Turnagain Canal. 

 Old Russian Settlements. Kenai Shore of the Inlet, the Garden-spot 

 of Alaska. Its Climate best Suited to Civilized Settlement. The Old 

 "Colonial Citizens'' of the Russian Company. Small Shaggy Siberian 

 Cattle. Burning Volcano of Ilyamna. The Kenaitze Indians. Their 

 Primitive, Simple Lives. They are the Only Native Land-animal Hunt- 

 ers of Alaska. Bears and Bear Roads. Wild Animals seek Shelter in 

 Volcanic Districts. Natives Afraid to Follow Them. Kenaitze Archi- 

 tecture. Sunshine in Cook's Inlet. Splendid Salmon. Waste of Fish 

 as Food by Natives. The Pious Fishermen of Neelshik. Russian Gold- 

 mining Enterprise on the Kaknoo, 1848-55. Failure of our Miners to 

 Discover Paying Mines in this Section. 



CHAPTER VL 



THE GREAT ISLAND OP KADIAK pp. 98-126 



Kadiak the Geographical and Commercial Centre of Alaska. Site of the First 

 Grand Depot of the Old Russian Company. Shellikov and his Remark- 

 able History, 1784. His Subjection of the Kaniags. Bloody Struggle. 

 He Founds the First Church and School in Alaska at Three Saints Bay, 

 1786, One Hundred Years ago. Kadiak, a Large and Rugged Island. The 

 Timber Line drawn upon it. Luxuriant Growth of Annual and Biennial 

 Flowering Plants. Reason why Kadiak was Abandoned for Sitka. The 

 Depot of the Mysterious San Francisco Ice Company on Wood Island. Only 

 Road and Horses in Alaska there. Creole Ship and Boat Yard. Tough 

 Siberian Cattle. Pretty Greek Chapel at Yealovuie. Afognak, the Larg- 

 est Village of "Old Colonial Citizens. "Picturesque and Substantial Vil- 

 lage. Largest Crops of Potatoes raised here. No Ploughing done ; Earth 

 Prepared with Spades. Domestic Fowls. Failure of Our People to Raise 

 Sheep at Kolma. What a "Creole" is. The Kaniags or Natives of Ka- 

 diak; their Salient Characteristics. Great Diminution of their Num- 

 bers. Neglect of Laws of Health by Natives. Apathy and Indifference 

 to Death. Consumption and Scrofula the Scourge of Natives in Alaska ; 

 Measles equally deadly. Kaniags are Sea-otter Hunters. The Penal 



