THE GREEK CHURCH AT KATMAI VILLAGE STANDING IN THE MUD AND WRECKAGE 



LEFT BY THE GREAT FLOOD 



This part of Alaska is still "Russian America." Russian is the language of the common 

 people, and the Greek Church is the only religious institution. 





Photographs by D. B. Church 



A "BARABARA" BURIED BY THE PUMICE BROUGHT DOWN BY THE GREAT FLOOD: 



KATMAI VILLAGE 



These huts, comparable to the sod-houses of the plains, are well adapted to afford protection 



from the intense gales of winter 



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