INDEX. 



471 



Mammoth and mastodon, fossil remains 



of, 424, 4.^4 

 Massacre of Baranov's Sitkan garrison 

 (1801), 28 



of Drooshinnin's party, 159 



of Seribniekov's party, 7() 



by Giotto V, of Oonalaskhan natives, 160 



by Glottov, of Four Mountain natives, 

 186 

 Measles and typhoid-pneumonia in, (;4, 



113, 113 

 Medicines and pathology of Alaskan sav- 

 ages, 112 

 Michaelovsky, trading-post of, 413, 419 

 Mirage, the Arctic, 421 

 Missionaries, Russian, labors of, 99, 106, 



121, 388 

 Moose, hunting of, 407 

 Morgan, Captain E., labors of, 247, 248 

 Morserovia, village of, 121 

 Morse (see Walrus) 

 Mosses, Alaskan, 22, 38, 149, 155, 163, 200, 



318, 398, 403, 420, 442, 462 

 Mosquitoes, curse of Alaska, 405, 406 



none on feeal Islands, 204 

 Mummies, Aleutian, 186 

 Mushrooms, on the Seal Island, 203, 204 

 Musk-ox not found in Alaska, 418 

 Mutilation of female fur-seals, 276 



N 



Nephelogical and auroral phenomena, 



158, 198, 420 

 Niebaum, Captain G. , labors of, 247 

 Nikolsky, village of, 184 

 Nooshagak region and village of, 374, 375, 



376, 398 

 Nomenclature of fur-seal rookeries, 320 

 Norton Sound, 424 



Occupation of Alaska by Americans 

 (1867), 12 



of Alaska by Russians (1745-63), 128 



of the Seal Islands by Russians (1786), 

 192, 193 



of the Seal Islands by Americans (1868), 

 247, 248 

 Odor from the killing grounds, 350, 351 



from the fur-seal blubber, 292, 372 

 Oil, fur-seal and sea-lion, 372 



oolachan grease, 57 



herring, 57 



beluga and mahklok, 405 



coal, use of by Aleutes, 167 

 " Old colonial settlers," 85, 86 

 Ommanej', Cape, 27 

 Oomnak, island of, 184, 185 

 Oonalashka, village and island of, 139, 



156, 157, 158 

 Oonimak, island of, 145, 146, 147 

 Oonga, village and fisheries, 122, 123, 124 

 Ookamok, island and penal settlement 



on, 116, 117 



Ookivok, island and village of, 425, 426 

 Oogashik, village of, 119 

 Oonalga, island of, 155 

 Oogalgan, island of, 155 

 Oogamok, island of, 148 

 Otter Island, or " Bobrovia," 219 

 Otter, sea, hunting, 130, 179 

 a description of it, 130, 131, 132 



Pakka, the Innuit garment, 377, 378, 



410, 411 

 Pelagic fur sealing, 453, 453 

 Peninsula of Alaska, 82, 117, 118 

 Penal settlement, R. A. Co. on Ookamok, 



116,117 

 Pneumonia, typhoid, scourge of, recently, 



112, 113 

 Pogromnia Sopka, volcano of, 146 

 Polar bears, on the Seal Islands, 194, 464 



on St. Matthew's Island, 463, 464 

 Poonook, islets and village of, 444 

 Population of Alaska, 13, 14 

 Poultry kept in Alaska, 107, 185 

 Port Clarence, description of, 427, 428 

 Potatoes, how cultivated, and where, 60, 



61, 10(>, 421 

 Powers and privileges of old Russian 



Company, 9, 10, 11 

 Pribylov, Gerassira, the discoverer of the 



Seal Islands, 191, 192, 323 

 Pribylov Islands, agriculture on, 204 



alga; of the, 314, 215 



animals and birds, 208, 209, 210, 311, 

 213, 314, 223, 324 



churches and schools, 241, 246 



climate and winds, 194, 195, 196, 197 



colonization, 193, 330, 231 



creature-comforts of natives now, 332, 

 233 



description of natives of, 235, 236, 337, 

 238, 239 



dimensions and contour of, 215, 226, 

 227 



disappearance of seals and birds in 

 winter, 305, 306, 327 



discussion of seal life, 255, 258, 393, 

 293, 294 



eligibility of, 239, 330 



flowering plants, etc., of, 300, 301, 202, 

 203 



fogs and mists of, 194, 195, 306 



gastronomic value of waterfowl eggs, 

 211 



general business methods of sealing, 

 234, 237, 245, 246, 252 



geographical position of, 194 



geological structure of, 199, 215, 310, 

 217, 224, 225, 327, 228 



grand total of fur-seals on, 313 



isolation of rookeries on, 191, 193, 194 



insects of, 204 



lack of harbors in the, 317, 318 



land animals of the, 20.i, 206, 207 



peculiar advantages of, to fur-seals. 

 194, 195, 230 



