PART 11. 

 NARRATIVE OF THE ST. ELIAS EXPEDITION OF 1890. 



Organization. 



A long-cherished desire to study the geography, geology, and 

 glaciers of the region around Mount St. Elias was finally gratified 

 when, in the summer of 1890, the National Geographic Society 

 made it possible for me to undertake an expedition to that part 

 of Alaska. 



The expedition was organized under the joint auspices of the 

 National Geographic Society and the United States Geological 

 Survey, but was greatly assisted by individuals who felt an in- 

 terest in the extension of geographic knowledge. For the incep- 

 tion of exploration and for securing the necessary funds, credit 

 is due Mr. Willard D. Johnson. 



The names of those who subscribed to the exploration fund of 

 the Society are as follows : 



Boynton Leach. Henry Gannett. 



Everett Hayden. Charles J. Bell. 



Richardson Clover. J. S. Diller. 



C. M. McCarteney. ' J. W. Powell. 



C. A. Williams. J. G. Judd. 



Willard D. Johnson. A. Graham Bell. 



Israel C. Russell. Gardiner G. Hubbard. 



Gilbert Thompson. A. W. Greely. 



Harry King. . J. W. Dobbins. 



Morris Bien. J. W. Hays. 



Wm. B. Powell. Edmund Alton. 



Z. T. Carpenter. Bailey Willis. 



Charles Nordhoff. E. S. Hosmer. 

 . Rogers Birnie, Jr. 



I was chosen by the Board of Managers of the National Geo- 

 graphic Society and by the Director of the United States 

 Geological Survey to take charge of the expedition and to carry 

 on geological and glacial studies. Mr. Mark B. Kerr, toi30grapher 

 on the Geological Survey, was assigned as an assistant, with the 

 duty of making a topographical map of the region explored. 



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