INDEX 



Afognak Island, i6, 87 



Age of sheep, determination of, 69 



Alaska : area, I ; early explorers, 2 ; 

 Russian expeditions, 2 ; history, 2, 75 ; 

 principal industries, 3 ; salmon fisheries, 

 4 ; fur trade, 7 ; variety of races and 

 languages, 8 ; religion, 8 ; climate, 11, 

 188 ; Game Laws, 27 ; small game, 

 73 ; purchased by United States, 75 ; 

 English and American sportsmen in, 76 ; 

 mountain scenery, 84, 276 ; winds of, 

 96, 112, 137, 265, 277; dangers of 

 coast, 266 



Alces gigas, 58 



Aleutian natives, 103; strength of, no; 

 dexterity in cleaning skins, no 



Alice, schooner, 71, 86, 102, i 15 



Allen, Dr. J. A., 72 



Ammunition, conveyance of, 78 



Andrew, Russian Finn, 150 



Aniakchak Bay, 17, 87, 104; abundance 

 of small game at, 118 



Antlers, shedding of, 59 



Arrest of party by U.S. Marshal, 235 



Barabara, native hut, 9 



Barren Lands of Alaska, 20, 65 



Barstow, Mr. D., U.S. Commissioner, 127, 



131, 236 ; conveys party in his yacht, 



129 

 Basket-work, native, 275 

 Bear River, 89, 132 ; immense numbers of 



salmon in, 134, 141 ; bears killed at, 



136, 139 



Bears: where found, 13, 15, 95; gestation of, 

 51 ; number of cubs, 52 ; after hiber- 

 nation, 52; favourite food, 102, 120 



Bears, black : distribution of, 49 ; mis- 

 advehtures with, 214, 226 

 blue : distribution of, 50 ; description by 

 Prof. Dall, SI 



Bears, brown : confusion in naming, 45 ; 

 distinct forms of, 45 ; distribution, 46 ; 

 measurementsand weights, 47, 100, 1 15; 

 in National Zoological Park, Washing- 

 ton, 48, 268 ; skulls of, 53 ; killed at 

 Aniakchak Bay, 100, 107, 114; mis- 

 adventures with, 122, 130, 138; 

 catching salmon, 134; killed at Bear 

 River, 135, 139; narrow escape from, 

 146 



Berg, Andrew, offers cabin, 176; reputation 

 as a hunter, 216, 228 

 Emile, 228 



Bering Sea, 17, 125 



Bertha, steamer, 71, 82 ; at Kodiak, 86 ; at 

 Saldovia, 263 ; sea-going qualities, 265 ; 

 goodbye to, 276 



Bidarki, native canoe, 87, 152, 155 



Birthday, a memorable, 235 



Black tail deer, 66 



Blake, Mr., 15, 76 



Bristol Bay, 17 



Bonham, IMr., Denver, Colorado, 182, 190 



Books, deposits of, 230 



Boots, 23, 79, 92 



Calling up moose, 228 



Camp equipment, 24, 78 



Candle-fish, 120 



Cane, Colonel, 14, 20, 72, 76, 224 



Canneries, salmon, 6, 167, 173 



Cape Douglas, 49 



Caribou : classification, 64 ; species and 



distribution, 65 ; protection of, 66 ; 



record head, 80 ; at Bear River, 90, 



102 ; slaughter of, 157 

 Cattle-farming, Kodiak, 267 

 Chignik, 167 

 Chinitna Bay, 14 

 Clallam, steamer, 282 

 Climate of Alaska, 11, 188 



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