THE NATIVES OF THE ALASKA COAST REGION 



BY GEORGE BIRD GRINNELL 



HALIBUT HOOK. 



THE COASTWISE INDIANS 



LL along the southeastern coast of Alaska, 

 from Port Tongass to Kachemak Bay, are 

 scattered the villages of the Alaska Indians. 

 They are a hardy race. Living on the 

 shore, bold mariners and sea hunters, 

 they are also mountaineers, familiar 

 with the towering peaks, the dreadful 

 cliffs, and the mighty glaciers of the 

 iron-bound coast. In their frail canoes 



they venture far to sea in pursuit of the fur-seal, the sea- 

 otter, and the whale; or 



thread their perilous ways 



amongcrowdingice-bergs 



to capture the hair seal. 



In spring, when the coat 



of the white goat is long 



and shaggy, they clamber 



skyward, first through the 



forests, and then over the 



broken rocks, until they 



reach his feeding ground, 



NATIVE WOMEN AND CHILDREN, ALERT 

 BAY, BRITISH COLUMBIA. 



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