INDEX. 



469 



E 



Eaktiiquakp:s, 14G, 147, 148, 101, 180, 



IKU 

 Eggs, water-fowl, gastronomic value of, 



211 

 Epidemic among seals, 324 

 Employe's, superannuated " old colonial 



settlers," 85, 86 

 Eskimo of Alaska (see Innuits) 

 Experiments with fur-seals, 2&S, 3(i4 

 Extermination of fur-seals. 381, 307, 808, 

 309, 324 



of sea-otters, 1 29 



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 



F 



FAUiWEATDER, Mount, 71, 72 

 Familiar flowering plants on the Peal 

 Islands, 200, 201, 202, 203 



on the Arctic coast of Alaska, 440 

 Fasting, long-protracted, of male fur- 

 Festivals, native Innuit, 390, 391, 393, 



393, 423 

 First school in Alaska, 102 

 First mission in Alaska, 102 

 Fishing industries of the >^itkans, 59 



of the Aleutes, 168 



of the Shoomagin Islands, 133, 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, 32, 79, 85, 103, 



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

 Forests of Alaska, 31, 71, 408, 409 

 Foxes, blue ( Vnlj^cs lago2)ns), 180, 20.5, 

 306 



red, 180, 206 

 Foiir Peaks, or '"Cheetiery Sopochnie," 



1S6 

 Fruits indigenous to Sitkan district, 23, 

 33 



indigenous to Aleutian district, 168 



indigenous to Kuskokvim district, 411 



indigenous to Seal Islanils, 201 

 Fur-seal, arrival of at breeding grounds, 

 292, 293-297 



boldness of, 129, 331 



description of adult male, 358. 259, 260, 

 361 



description of adult female, 273, 274, 

 375, 276 



description of "pups," 283, 383, 284, 

 285, 286, 287, 288, 289 



odor and noise of, 265, 270, 281 



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

 348 

 eftect of warm weather on, 306 

 first arrival at the islands, 263 

 food of, 328, 329 

 healthiness of, 324 

 high order of instinct of, 258, 301 

 numbers of, 310-313, 324, 326 

 increase or diminution of, 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, 343 

 manner of salting, dressing, and ship- 

 ping skins of, 34.5-349 

 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, 386, 



289, 298. 362 

 pelagic range of, in search of food, 329, 



330 

 " podding " of its " pups," 289 

 polj'gamous and angry males, 275, 276, 



277, 278 

 position and selection of hauling- 



grounds, 395, 296 

 power of land locomotion, 367 

 pre-emption of rookeries, 265, 276 

 prostration of, by heat or driving, 271, 



272 

 range of vision of, 391 

 relative growth and weight of, 304, 305 

 sanguinary combats of, 265, 366 

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



303 

 sleep of, 380, 281 

 sleep on land of, 280, 281 

 skill in selecting rookeries, 377 

 strength and courage of the male, 265, 



367 

 tabulated result of surveys, 313 

 vitality of, 283, 323 

 voice of, 268, 269, 270 



G 



Games, festivals, etc., of the Aleutes, 

 339, 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, 30 



of Mount St. Elias region, 75 



of Copper River region, 76 



easy approach to Grand, Icy Bay, 19, 

 30 

 Gold-bearing quartz, Sitkan Archipelago, 



69, 70 



Cook's Inlet, 96, 97 



