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INVESTIGATIONS OF THE ALBATROSS. _ 209 
We left Sitka at 4:35 p. m. for Peril Straits, through which we passed 
at slack water, and came to at 9:45 in Favorite Anchorage. A strong 
southeasterly wind sprang up, during the night, with rain and mist, 
and on entering Chatham Strait the following morning, and finding 
that 1t would be impossible to land at Kootznahoo as intended, we 
turned to the northward, and ran into Pavloff Harbor, Freshwater Bay, 
for protection until the weather improved. 
We found it a snug little anchorage, entirely protected from south- 
erly winds. A salmon cannery was in operation on the western side 
of the bay, with the usual adjacent Indian village. Quite a large 
stream enters the head of the bay, over a fall of several feet, at the 
foot of which many trout were taken. Several salmon and a single 
halibut were caught by trolling. The senatorial party and others 
landed soon after our arrival, and visited the cannery, Indian village, 
and other points of interest. The folowing morning we went to Muir 
Inlet, reaching the great glacier at 2:40 p.m. The photographers and 
several of the senatorial party landed to get a nearer view of the 
glacier. 
Leaving the glacier at 4 p.m., we worked our way down the bay 
through heavy masses of ice, which made navigation slow and intri- 
cate, until we reached the vicinity of Bartlett Bay. Soundings taken 
in Glacier Bay gave us 45 fathoms abreast of Willoughby Island, 48 at 
the entrance to Muir Inlet, and 57 about half a mile from the face of 
the glacier. i 
Steaming across Icy Straits, we anchored in the snug harbor of 
Hoonyah Bay, at 10:45 p. m., off a large village which the committee 
wished to visit; but it was found entirely abandoned by the Indians, 
who had gone on their summer hunting and fishing» expeditions. The 
next day we went to the Indian village in Portage Bay. This village 
was also abandoned, but as the committee were anxious to_ meet the 
people, they went in the steam launch to the mouth of the river, up 
which they were rowed a mile or two in a skiff, and then walked a mile 
farther to the rapids, where the Indians were taking salmon. The sen- 
atows were much pleased with their general appearance, and considered 
them superior to any native Alaskans they had previously met. Our 
anchorage at Portage Bay was in latitude 59° 09’ N., the highest point 
reached by the vessel during the season. 
The committee having returned, we left at 7:36 p.m. for Chilkat, 
anchoring at 10:35 p. m.,in Pyramid Harbor, in 21 fathoms. The com- 
mittee visited the cannery and Indian village next morning. At 11 
a.m. we proceeded to Juneau, where we arrived at 10:25 p. m., calling 
at Auk Village on the way, which was found abandoned. 
The Senate committee held a conference with citizens and Indians of 
Juneau on the 22d, at which matters of interest to the Territory, and 
Juneau in particular, were discussed. We got under way at3:30 p.m., 
and ran down the harbor to the great Treadwell Mine, the committee 
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