CONTENTS. Vll 



Coast, Constructed liere in 1794 — The Brig PlKmix, One Hundred and 

 Eighty Tons, Xo 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 Cliiirch 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-ri^js, and their Power in Cook's Inlet. — 

 The Impressive Mountains of the Inlet. — The Glaciers of Tiirnagain 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 Pavina: Mines in this Section. 



CHAPTEK M. 



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 Shij) and Boat Yard. — -Tough 

 Siberian Cattle.- — Pretty Greek Chapel at Yealovnie. — 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 Sjiades. — Domestic Fowls. — Faihire 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 



