INDEX. 



Adahk, island of, 183 

 Aggatoo, island of, 170 

 Agricultural features in Sitkan region, 

 18,22, 24, 25, 35 



in Kadiak region, 103, 106, 107 



in Cook's Inlet region, 83, 84, 85, 86 



in Aleutian region, 184, 185 



in Seal Islands, 204 



in Yukon Valley and the North, 421, 443 

 Agents of the United States Govern- 

 ment, 251, 252 

 Akootai), island of, 151, 153 



volcano of, 153 

 Akoon, island of, 150, 154 



wolves on, 156 

 Alaska, its area and population, 13, 14 



its discovery, 1, 2, 3, 5 



its purchase by United States Govern- 

 ment, 11, 12 

 Alaska Commercial Company, its his- 

 tory, 224, 245, 247, 248, 249 

 Albinos and monstrosities, few among 



fur-seals, 306 

 Alexander Archipelago, its land and 

 scenery, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 26, 271 



its earliest white occupation, 28, 29, 30 



all visitors necessarily go there, 14, 15 

 Alexaudrovsk, established by Kolmakov 



(1834), 375, 376 

 Aleutes, traits, characteristics of, 163, 



164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 



172, 173, 174 

 Algie, or sea-weeds, those of Sitkan 

 waters, 20 



those of Aleutian waters, 182 



those of Pribylov waters, 214, 215 

 American traders, business relations of 

 Baranov with, 28 



business methods in Sitkan region, 36, 

 37, 38, 39 



business methods in Aleutian region, 

 129, 191 



business methods in Yukon and Kus- 

 kokvim regions, 384, 414, 418, 4"34 



business methods in Arctic Ocean, 425 

 Amchitka, island of, 181, 184 

 Amlia, island of, 182 



Animals, fur-bearing and food, in the 

 Sitkan region, 55, 61, 62 



in the Cook's Inlet region, 91 



in the Aleutian region, 151, 156, 163, 

 178 



in the Nooshagak region, 381, 382, 399 



in the Kuskokvim region, 381, 382, 399 



in the Yukon and Arctic region, 418, 

 425, 426, 440 

 Area and extent of Alaska, 13, 14 

 Arrie egg-shells, their toughness, 222 

 Atkha, island and natives of, 144, ISO, 



181, 182, 183 

 Attitudes and land postures of fur-seals, 



380 

 Attoo, extreme western land of North 



American continent, 143, 179, ISO 

 Auroral and nephelogical phenomena, 158, 



198, 420 

 Autocratic powers of the old Russian 



American Company, 9 

 Avatanak, island of, 154 



Bachelor, or "hoUuschickie" fur-seals, 



294, 295, 296, 297 

 Baird, Professor S. F., 190 

 Banks, codtishing, 122, 123, 124 

 Baranov, Alexander, character of, 6, 28 

 Barrabkie, a, how it is made, 135, 166, 



167 

 Basking sharks and killer-whales, 325, 



327 

 Bath, Innuit, vile methods, 387 

 Barrow, Point, 440 

 Battles of the fur-seals, 265, 266 

 Bays indenting coast of Kadiak, 115, 116 



of Oonalashka, 159 

 Bear "Roads," 89 

 Beaver Bay, Oonalashka Island, 176 

 Bering's expedition of Alaskan discovery, 

 1, 2, 3 



the discovery of Alaska, 2, 3 



the ill-fated homeward voyage, 3, 4, 124 



the shipwreck and escape of survivors, 

 4, 191 

 Bering Straits, 428, 429, 430, 4:51, 441 



