472 



INDEX. 



Pribylov Islands, peculiar cats on the, 207 



polar bears on the, 194, 464 



poultry kept on the, 208 



remarks on walrus of the, 255, 332 



Russian slaughter on, 316 



scarcity of fish around the, 212 



status of early colonists, 231, 232 



sheep, on the rookeries, 270 



stock-raising on the, 207, 208 



vast numbers of waterfowl on the. 220, 

 221, 222 



Veniaminov's account of the, 194, 200 



vigilance of the natives, 253 



weight, growth, etc., of fur-seals on 



the, 278, 279, 304, 305 

 Prince Frederick Sound, its awful scenic 



grandeur, 23 

 Prince William Sound, its gloomy scenic 



character, 78 



Prince of Wales Island, 15, 99 

 Prostration of natives in sunshine, 197 



of fur-seals, when driven, 336 

 Protection of fur-seals, 326, 327, 332, 373 

 Pups, fur-seal, description of, 282, 283, 



284, 285, 286, 287 



learning to swim, 287, 288, 289 



QUARTZ mines near Sitka, 69, 70 

 on Douglas Island, 70 



REINDEER, 121, 122, 397, 418 



marked difference from that of Siberia, 



397, 398 

 Rocks of St. Matthew's Island, beauty 



of, 463 

 Rookeries, Pribylov Islands, 292, 293, 294, 



310, 311, 312 

 Resurrection Bay, first Alaskan shipyard 



there, 79 

 Russian- American Company, its history, 



7, 8, 9, 10, 1,1, 103 

 Russian coins, their names and value, 8 



exploration and traders, bad record of, 

 4,5,6 



rival companies (1745-1786), 191 



seal islands, Bering and Copper, 327, 

 373 



Governors living at Sitka, 34 

 Russians, as they lived at Sitka, 32, 33 



SAANAK, great sea-otter camp of, 138, 

 141, 142 



Saint Elias, Mount, 73 



George Village, Pribylov Group, 352 

 Lawrence Island, Bering Sea, 442, 443 j 

 Matthew's Island, Bering Sea, 461, 462, 



463 

 Michaels, post of, 413, 419 



Saint Nicholas, redoubt, Kenai, 84 

 Paul Village, Pribylov Group, 352 



Salmon in the Sitkan region, 56 

 in Cook's Inlet, Sitkan region, 87, 94. 



95, 96 



in the Kadiak district, 115, 116 

 in the Aleutian district, 168, 185 

 in the Nooshagak district, 398, 399, 



400 



in the Kuskokvim district, 404 

 in the Yukon district, 417, 418 

 in the Alaskan Arctic, 434, 435 



Salt House, work in, at Saint Paul, 345, 

 346 



Semeisopochnoi, islands of, 181 



Schools, 120, 173 



Scrofula, virulence of, among Alaskan 

 natives, 111 



Sea-cow, Rhytina stelleri, 4 



Seal (see Pur-seal, Hair-seal) 



Seal Islands (see Pribylov Islands) 



Seal and walrus hunting, Innuit, 400, 426, 

 440, 441, 460, 461 



Sea-otter, a description of it, 130, 131, 



132 



early Russian hunt for, 128, 191 

 native hunters of, 133, 134, 135, 136, 

 137, 138, 139, 179, 181 



Sea-lions, arrival at breeding grounds, 



357 

 Eumetopias stelleri, adult males, 354, 



355, 356, 357 



Eumetopias stelleri, adult females, 357 

 description of a fight between rivals, 



355, 356 



general uses of, to natives, 363, 369 

 natives driving the, 364, 365, 366, 367 

 manner of capture of, 364 , 365 

 manner of penning or coralling, 365 

 manner of killing them on St. Paul, 368, 



369 



meat, good quality of, 372 

 sites of their abandoned rookeries, 321, 



322 



St. George, the last resort for, 362, 363 

 shedding hair, 360 

 shyness and relative cowardice, 332, 356 



Shamans, their services, 50, 112 



Sheep, trial, and failure to raise in Alaska, 

 107 



Shellikov, Grigoria, his labors, 99, 100, 

 101 , 102 



Shipbuilding in Alaska, 79, 80, 105, 106 



Shipyard at Sitka, 32 



Shishaldin, beautiful volcano of, 146 



Shoomagin Islands, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126 



Siberian coast, Bering Straits' shore, 429 



Sitka, its history, 27, 29, 30, 31, 32 

 as it is to-day, 33, 34, 35 



Small-pox, epidemic of, 64, 113, 421 



Soil and climate, not favorable to agricul- 

 ture (see Agriculture) 



Special Agents of the Treasury Depart- 

 ment, 251, 252 



Sports and pastimes of the natives, 65, 



175 

 of the young fur-seals, 298, 299, 300 



