INDEX. 



469 



EARTHQUAKES, 146, 147, 148, 161, 186, 

 189 



, water-fowl, gastronomic value of, 



Epidemic among seals, 324 



Employe's, superannuated " old colonial 



settlers," 85, 86 



Eskimo of Alaska (see Innuits) 

 Experiments with fur-seals, 263, 264 

 Extermination of fur-seals, 231, 307, 308, 

 309, 324 



of sea-otters, 129 



of walrus, 458, 459 

 Extent and area of Alaska, 13, 14 

 Eyes of fur-seals, beauty of, 291 



of fur-seals, lurid lights in, 341 



of sea-lion, ferocity of, 355 



of walrus, grotesqueness of, 449 



FAIKWEATHER, Mount, 71, 72 

 Familiar flowering plants on the Seal 

 Islands, 200, 201, 202, 203 



on the Arctic coast of Alaska, 440 

 Fasting, long-protracted, of male fur- 

 seals, 272, 273 

 Festivals, native Innuit, 390, 391, 392, 



393,423 



First school in Alaska, 102 

 First mission in Alaska, 102 

 Fishing industries of the Sitkans, 59 



of the Aleutes, 168 



of the Shoomagin Islands, 122, 123, 124 



of the Kuskokvim and Yukon, 404 



of the Arctic, 434, 435 



of Americans at Cook's Inlet, 93 



of Americans at Kadiak Island, 115, 



116 

 Flowers, wild, great abundance of, 177, 



420 

 Forest trees of Alaska, 21, 22, 79, 85, 103, 



104, 105, 157, 408, 409, 416, 424 

 Forests of Alaska, 21, 71, 408, 409 

 Foxes, blue ( Vulpes lagopus), 180, 205, 

 2G6 



red, 180, 206 

 Four Peaks, or "Cheetiery Sopochnie," 



186 



Fruits indigenous to Sitkan district, 22, 

 23 



indigenous to Aleutian district, 168 



indigenous to Kuskokvim district, 411 



indigenous to Seal Islands, 201 

 Fur-seal, arrival of at breeding grounds, 

 292, 293-297 



boldness of, 129,331 



description of adult male, 258, 259, 260, 

 261 



description of adult female, 273, 274, 

 275,276 



description of " pups," 282, 283, 284, 

 285, 286, 287, 2b8, 289 



odor and noise of, 265, 270, 281 



Fur-seal, erroneous ideas of its skin, 347. 



348 



effect of warm weather on, 306 

 first arrival at the islands, 262 

 food of, 328, 329 

 healthiness of, 324 

 high order of instinct of, 258, 301 

 numbers of, 310-313, 324. 326 

 increase or diminution ot, 317, 318, 328, 



333 

 in the waters around the islands, 286. 



299, 300, 302, 331, 361 

 manner of killing and skinning, 337, 



338, 339, 340, 341, 342 

 manner of salting, dressing, and ship- 

 ping skins of, 345-349 

 meat of, 344 



method of land travel, 260 

 natural enemies of, 325, 327, 330 

 noise on the breeding rookeries, 270, 



271 

 movements on land and in water, 286, 



289, 298, 362 

 pelagic range of, in search of food, 329, 



330 



44 podding " of its " pups," 289 

 polygamous and angry males, 275, 276, 



277, 278 

 position and selection of hauling- 



grounds, 295, 296 

 power of land locomotion, 267 

 pre-emption of rookeries, 265, 276 

 prostration of, by heat or driving, 271, 



272 



range of vision of, 291 

 relative growth and weight of, 304, 305 

 sanguinary combats of, 265, 266 

 shedding of hair and fur, 285, 290, 302, 



sleep of, 280, 281 



sleep on land of, 280, 281 



skill in selecting rookeries, 277 



strength and courage of the male, 265, 



267 



tabulated result of surveys, 312 

 vitality of, 283, 323 

 voice of, 268, 269, 270 



GAMES, festivals, etc., of the Aleutes, 

 239, 240, 241 



of the Innuits, 393, 423 



of the Thlinkets or Sitkans, 65 

 Glaciers of the Aleutian Islands, 183 



of Cook's Inlet, 84 



of Prince William Sound, 78 



of the Sitkan Archipelago and Cross 

 Sound, 19, 20 



of Mount St. Elias region, 75 



of Copper River region, 76 



easy approach to Grand, Icy Bay, 19, 



20 

 Gold-bearing quartz, Sitkan Archipelago. 



69,70 



Cook's Inlet, 96, 97 



