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besides some new ones, were touched upon, while the visit to others 

 was prevented by the increasing storms, and the trip ended at 

 Unalaska. 



Throughout the journey, the writer received help from the Gov- 

 ernor, officials, missionaries, traders, and people of Alaska; from 

 the captain, officers, and crew of the Bear; and from many indi- 

 viduals; for all of which cordial thanks are hereby once more ren- 

 dered. Grateful acknowledgments are especially due to the follow- 

 ing gentlemen : Governor George A. Parks, of Alaska ; Mr. Harry G. 

 Watson, his secretary; Mr. Karl Thiele, Secretary for Alaska; Judge 

 James "Wickersham, formerly Delegate from Alaska; Father A. P. 

 Kashevaroff. curator of the Territorial Museum and Library of 

 Juneau; Dr. William Chase, of Cordova; Mr. Noel W. Smith, gen- 

 eral manager Government railroad of Alaska; Mr. B. B. Mozee, 

 Indian supervisor, and Dr. J. A. Romig, of Anchorage; Prof. C. E. 

 Bunnell, president Alaska Agriculture College, at Fairbanks; Mr. and 

 Mrs. Fullerton, missionaries, at Tanana; Rev. J. W. Chapman and 

 Mr. Harry Lawrence, at Anvik; Father Jette and Jim Walker, at 

 Holy Cross; Mr. C. Betsch, at the Russian Mission; Messrs. Frank 

 Tucker and E. C. Gurtler, near the mission ; Mr. Frank P. Williams, 

 of St. Michael; Judge G. J. Lomen and his sons and daughter, at 

 Nome; Rev. Dr. Baldwin, Fathers La Fortune and Post, Captain 

 Ross, United States Coast Guard, and Mr. Elmer Rydeem, merchant, 

 at Nome; C. S. Cochran, captain of the Bear, and his officers, par- 

 ticularly Mr. H. Berg, the boatswain; Rev. F. W. Goodman and 

 Mr. LaVoy, at Point Hope ; the American teachers at Wales, Shish- 

 mareff, Kotzebue, Point Hope, and elsewhere; Messrs. Tom Berry- 

 man, Jim Allen, and Charles Brower, traders, respectively, at Kotze- 

 bue, Wainright, and Barrow ; Mr. Sylvester Chance, superintendent 

 of education, Kotzebue, Alaska; the United States marshals, deputy 

 marshals, and postmasters along the route; and the numerous traders, 

 miners, settlers, and others who were helpful with specimens, advice, 

 guidance, and in other matters. 



General Remarks 



The account of the survey will be limited in the main to anthro- 

 pological and archeological observations; but it is thought best to 

 give it largely in the form of the original notes made on the spot 

 or within a few hours after an event. These notes often contain 

 collateral observations or thoughts which could be excluded, but the 

 presence of which adds freshness, reliability, and some local at- 

 mosphere to what otherwise would be a rather dry narrative. A pre- 

 liminary account of the trip and its results was published in the 



