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CHICAGO: RAND, McXALLY &- CO., 1S97. t 'ipyilj.'lit, ls;t;, hy Rund, .McNi\lly & (.o. VHAZIE WIL -ASKA. All \ I KHiphs taken 1 the lirsi ; \:.\'/A\'. WILSON'. I'Koi'Hirr axd icxi'Lokkk oi- -ASKA. All viows in book are frnni actual phuin- [K'itpliJ^ taken by him on his trip in 181^4. Those are the lirst and imlv views of the iiilerior. A (Wx)!) III'LM) The head n\ this in<«ir,e measures six i.el between the tijis d antlers. It was shot by Mr. Wilson in i8<>4. o<- 89^ Ki:.\ J :€^7i>: t^« ■ Ai'. i «i»«. I ■ •\^- \\ KAV.I* v«ii-»«'>a. 'I'Rl'.AI )\V 1". 1.1. MIN'K. Two miles fnun Jmifau, (in DoukUis IsUinil. l^ar.uest ((uuil/. mill in the wi.rUl Oi-i' low ijrrcKk', bill free milling-. N'l'I |)n>tii-< Iit ycai' iS>,4. .54.'ci,,,4S.Hr. -itj^-' xk: ^^■■■.'•I'li* It ^'djU \ n U ikV*. 'ir^. VK A e IB w I l_' ^K^^^SS IIHALV AXI) \Vl!,Si)N"S SIOKIC AT l)\'KA. I'l. l.yiiii C'aiuil. ..lu- hiui'lroil miles t'lom Juiicaii. wmmm I I.C^P Yl I MR. \VIIX)\, I'AKTW AND l'ArKi;KS lilCADV I'O SIAKI I'KdM |)NI;A. :i^^:-' ^■y< 1^' ■-, ' '-■•-, ■'-tmrP^'W k'^-^i L^sS >»•♦» Jfc T Vr^kS. »»L wu.j***' I'lRsr l.rXt'll <)tl'. I'lvu niil.^ ti.mi Dvia, at the niniuli i.t Dvca Canvon. mimmm "^N-" ,CO,^YH, ■u r. 3 X : X. x /; I mmmmmmmi^'-'—mm 1)V1':.\ RIVI-:R CANVOX. TIk- camping place beyond the canyon is a strip of woods some three miles lon^, known as Pleasant Caiti)' I =^*:?5 I KN'TRAXCK To ClilLKOUT PASS OR STON'E HOUSE. A .strung nuiii eaii cruss the jiuss iisolt wiUi line liunclred pounds on his back in three hours. The average man had better not attempt it. 1-J '■J %> / H £ O O c c . c tf Jp»r"« CA.M ST START OF RAFT C)X LAKIC I-1N'I)KK.M AX. This is the first iiaviKablo wiittr runniii); into ilic Yukon. The t'onniition ot thr Laki- LindiTiiian coiiinry i^; vrranitc. s •^ytrm. *■.-. '■•** jQfl^H ii -.-^ m 1 >■-; ■ r ' ,0. COR r n imimfwwt tTTiTtiw^ .iiti It' ^«it. 'rMs:-^ ' .^>.*! i- >*; ■: - ■ "' lUiiJEiri ii' ' liMJgm I 8 .9 & . B '', V c r> z I K. CAUGHT IN THK ICE OX LAKE LIN'OHRMAX. Liike LindtTiiuin is six inik-s lung und one mile wide. Opens up irova May 15th to June loth. -.•N^ S^ I'DkTAdK AT 'PHK HEAD ol" LAKlv HKNNKTT. 1m." this half mik- the b..at has u> Uv iiimximI Thfre arc always iiK'iily of rnlliTs to be fnund left by earlier travelers. II rollers. ■i ^l I CA.MI' LIFI-: AT LAK1-: HKXXETT WHILE I'.l'IEDlXti THIC I'.i )A T. IS ^•^'i«?Krv zsBEsmsaaasi. ^ iMl ^^^ y. -3» ^ xtreiiie bn ftiOMT ••fs.er vcMxi AKi; HICXNKTT. This view wai i)huiii;rra;)licnl ui midniKlH- Lake IklUK'tt is j" inilcs luiiK; averaK^o Ijix-atllli, one inilc; Atiuiiie breadth, five miles. Stroivvr wiiuls are sure to be eneouiuered. This lake I'orins a funnel for Chilkoot Pass. •JO ^VIXDV AF -*^ ii#iw- ^:g»tosgg: g^^s coFYXioMT !•»» bV vcmcis. wjm. HHMife WIN'UY ARM. Two miles from Caribou Crossin>;, Windy Arm enters Ta^fish Lake. There aie three i.iUmds at its mouth, while beyond are hi^h mountains of limestone and marble. ■-'1 I VKIXKKD • - ■ ■•V; f^ •• .'• ■ t 1 ^^^^^^^^l^^^^l ^^ II ■ — -- - - -.. ■'V««tr»i«. «Mi|piMii^B^^^M 1 SSI^H 1 jHpIH 1 JI^H^^H 1 l^K^Hi 1 iiJ^K^^M 1 ' iiiU^^HI^H ^^T^MM^H^^^HmmiiH^^ip^* w^n ^ '■^^^fe,. jtgj^ . ■ ^ « . , . . '^^m^mm^ttHlSS^^ ^""^^BtaKS^^'^'T"- '-.■,-.,*■■ at. ■■ ^/^^^■-'^'*'"*":.'V":^^'''''ll'**ir*» .■' ^ *Vj'4ii«tiL'-'^^t'^ _'■- W * ^" i ■ ^ . : ' ■* i«^i2r^^-2--^?^^-*^€^ .- -r ^,* , -r-'-^-l:*-^- -. •" ■• * - ■ \ " '' -■ . ' , ■ . , , •■ . ■ ■ ■ , /i.. . . ^ ■ - . ■■'•■■..■ 1 • - ■ ■ 'i ' , .■ ■ ■ . ■ ' . ■ ■ * '. ■'•■'.. ■•.CO* V |l«l&MT laV* ■ X VC^TiK- wil.«0»M • ^ ^ H BOOKING DOWN WHITK HOH.S1-: RAI'lUS. Few luivo ever attempt".'., to run the rapids, aiul four hrve been ^H (irowned. These three miles can never be made navigable for river steamers. ■ |AKK LKHARG Formation a wr:^ / ^^-.ja "* ■ • jm HMN IIKIKJW •*►- * '%mh f^i P YmtmU'T I89S ra^jr^ 'W I us O N VKlv LliliARCili. Thirty-oiK- inilo Ichik: ; avciagL- IjixaiUh, t'uc miles. Very rouxh ; windiest of whole lake system. I'ormation about here marked and sintjular. Cut elay banks are coinimm from liere on to the Felly River. • ISXf^i^^ fkADIXG SCi •5w«^fc«sw '2 . V —I ♦.-♦Oji-A" ^\|il\(i SCKN'I-: WITH STICK INDIANS ON LAK1-: LKHAKlilC. Tliu Slicks an- tlic in. .si suilwart ^,\ ilio U e.iiAA ^^ ^..J^l uMm ^:'^:i.^' ^%' ■• 11 •CN [ h w^k>^K^m^^m^'^ Yukon Indians. Tliev claim to be " All same as Hoslon Mar PIKT They are jjood hunters. 29 jFIVli FINTGE tf»f *t^ a^'fe'^ TA .CO » vmaH'T ^J i** »■« 1 -^.-it -^i tin ,.*^**f**i GR ■ ■.ii-'-'- GROUP OF PKLLY IXDIAXS. All these Upper River Indians dress in the Kurb ..I eivili/ati They exchatiKo furs and dried fish for tobaccu. whiskey, Kiins. and ammunition. ill CHIEF HAR :m^.. i^i^Mrn ARPlvR-S PC jfrV'^-aPM^'j ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^1 ^H^^^^- ^^^^^^^^^^^1 ■* ' '■ '^/*u^' ■ • ' -."*•" ""'**'■■ - ■ ■"' " '^^^^••i^-^-- — -. , .,.,, ->-5^-\,^r^^i«ii^. ^^^ ... '"^^ssm -' • '^ • '■■-■'■ t,- * ■• , ^ - ;■ , ■■ ^ :■-■.. ■ • ••■* •, •■ ••• ■ . . • ir ,:'--■■■ ■.■.■-, ^ y ' ,■ .•■''■ ■•;. - \-_^>i>,:},^- AKl'HR'S POST, FORT SELKIRK, tive hundred and ten miles from Juneau. This is the confluence of the Helly and Lewis rivers and the real beginning of the mighty Yukon. - >CK\H OM ' t\ ^^^^L)*^ ^^Bk ■it -.A ^^^HHL -•w ""^^T^^^^^^^^^^^^^^B S'SS^'f'S^ ^' '^RV^^^B^^^^^^i^^l 1 ^ ^rT- »»""* .. — Kltt.. . "^- K\K OX THE YUKOX. Vukun is tlie larxest river in the world. Seven hundred miles from its muulh it is twenty miles wide. With its tributaries it is navigable two thousand hve hundred miles. ■p 2.9. co» IIIU •v. ^'T>. I'MS* , --i^A ^^;^J Pt'iikMr' !••« ■UKAIb IIIGH-CUT MAXKii AN'l) MARTINIS' XICSl'S. Thoo banks arc compU'tfly iKnieycoinlJcil by martins who comf a Krcal distainjc ti> roar ihcir youiiK- 35 iCOPVl»»<.HT h'KR KA.MPA1 jnuiiiK' along tin *> t ; ♦?. #^I''^ ,':#,. "4,,; |pf# \'A< RAMPARTS. These bcKin at the mouth of the Pelly River. Tliis remarkable formation isa perpemlicular wall con. iniikralon^cthL' north bankoftlie river for fifteen miles. The wall itself at the lower end is merMTed into lofty moimlains I ;<»>»V»»»6H SIXT i rM \ I mm V < ».JL^'_ ~> P^ ^^ fB:f-■»yr;^*W^ — ^ lv» r ^ *. Ifl m SIXTV-MILE POST. This town so named because it is sixlv miles abuvc Old Fort Reliance. About one hundred miners usually winter here. ■" ■•?*?i*,.\' 1 ■ ' \> •'J-..; t '^^'^'^■■'''■'ii^iiitxg^g^^^'' *''■''■' ■- L ■"'^i^ii^''^*^^^ SAW MILL AT SLXTY-MILE POST. Tliis is owned and operated by Harper and La Due. 38 " *«>•-, ce [npe»*W)i^PlPI^)i™i»wnTTP^i^PW>^»:w*WWW^*ni(^^Br^T?wr^n«wr^ww«i K ^wHPt^ ^'i i '♦^*-, laTe s^ POST AT SIXTY-MILE. m INDIA: L ^■X't^^^^-i /:. K C^^ -%;-,._-^^.jf^::^V. iis ^Y vs. AX I'ff*'? INDIAN FlSHlNii CAMP. SIk .•in.< ihclIidJ lit ilryitiv; tisli. Tiic t and atf in ihi- .sun. They arc ciirfd witlmut sail. 40 ish iiic .su^ptMulcJ truni pnU A >^^^^:^ / ^ss^* »»- ,— k^ev L&i FRITS FlSHKkY. Sh()win>c a white man's inetliud of drying fish. 41 rf-i'TO^TM ^.^T;,S:*'IBHXi^^r:l!i!t:/:?';;3i'£r.^EnffiJ^x''-s!'ffix&^3:v:;Ie>^^ . I ■•i^'%*3fBf?T^??^'*?i^ INDIAN CA>fP. Upper Yukon. The Indians make thcmselvt's useful in niany ways about the trading pcjsts. The mortality of these tribes is very iifreat. OK •'ORTY-MILK POST. So called frutn bcnjiT turty mile- bvlow K.rt Kcliance. It in situati-d on a point of land formed by I*'orty-Mile Creek and the Viikuti kivsT. fSSSSt' FtJkTV •OKTV-MILB POST Fk(;M THK YUKON. Ih-- l)uildinK>> Iktc are all ut lo^s chinked with moss. The routs are of poles covered witl\ a layer of dirt. 44 \ >v*«ic^" ^^O.ce^r FORI i-***-^ '^ ■'■«:^»fii*^. ^-.«i.. -f^^m^ FOKTV-.MILH I'OST FKO.M ACROSS THIv CRKKK. Forty-Mile is the principal settlement on the Canadian side, but is now about deserted for the Klondike. 45 ' .f*t^ ■ ^ fyi ■ Mfjrit tfcit*"* fi? i O X o y. an # ^' y 1^ IT - • ^ ' ♦ '#i^fev...4 ^:'^'ifeT; STKfiMKR ARCTIC bringing the lirsi luuil ami provisions in the early spring- 47 IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) A £P< :/j 1.0 I.I 1.25 '^ IIIIM I- IIIIM '■' IIIIM 1.4 1 2.0 1.6 V] I'ATRH AT '•*'«WiM» u»^<^9 i fKATRK AT FORTV-MILE. Actors on the porch. $i,ooo was thu cost ot building this theatre, but it .sold tor $5,000. Here they played a piece called "The Man from Dou>jlass Island." 4S i'&i ■ 4 •■i IN'TEklOR % UF^ ^4 i ■^"^?^ ■/^j^» 'ARBKR .SH( ' <4^''' .-•^ Ai^. -■f.'**'^^.r 'i»r fc -; Ill Gl! W.*,4?^%^-'*" -^^n^j' - •i ^ E^ ■"■ ■-^. 1 1 Mi 1 1 . .^ ^_ \^- . ■ ^ TH mn- . .J>J ^^H^MW ■ VfeR >"■»>■" J^ ' ^MliM^^ffinS^^^^I r 1 1^^ ■li', -'I' ' r^:. ^^^.^ti^i'l^fg^'**^ y ^ ■ ^ Wv- **iAS*« '^ ' "'■'*" **v*'^ '■ttS^ttil ^^"^^i^^^H H ^K -^-S f • ^-'^-'mT. . "l^r'^^iHBHHP^i L ' ' ■"■ ■ ^"^^li^-^ ■ 311^^^^^ ■*i^ - '* JXmH^T^ 1^^ . . ;?^ L T ' ,,- -•*»* K ^ u ii:i< SHOP AT F is forty be Ol ()\ V zei -MILK. Vers "<) the breath tew mull wear be freezes, and the hi art lir Is 1 on r niustaelifs in wintur. Wiieii Uie lcini)t.'iaiuro one's face becomes a mass of ice. m^^^ KXTERIOR OF SALOON AT FORTS'-MILIC, sliowing the first horso brought into Forty-Mile. 51 ii. fmr^ usu nl — ^ .' ',\ iirttnTi'tfffi mK%\ 1 n i^,^ 9^»^^^0mmmm -•J%--'i.:. w »• 1^ f ^^ ■■■''"%;:^.rsm- ^ f IrMf ^f -A.^- I **%i{' Okori' OV MKX IX KATIVE WIXTKR DRKSS AXD I'-VRKAS. The upper Kannent, ealled a parka, is usually made of marmot skins and trimmed with wolverine around the hood and lower edge. \» \\::<^'i f-i .cop tt% you: YOUNG MOOSE AT FCJRTV-.MILK. These imiosL' wore trained by Mr. Mc(Jucslen t<. become > eommendable and well behaved draft animals. M '>{■[' OF K,) 'jfsr^ XIT mj ■Kl^ "^. '^mmt *» JUL '11' 111'- FOKTV-MIL1-: .Ml\l-;kS. One IuukIiihI il Kiusaiul liH'ti L-ci',11.1 nrosiirii iiic ^ ukiii Da-^m aiiM in' I'ist ic. i.m- aniithtT. The Kreatest drawback is the limit of suiiplii's. f/T^ i-MK. \VI1,S(J.\ fi ^T^ ^ II m^j^m -ai-dl'J'P -a^AiivtlMl .>.*»4-.* Ji^ •«..'««» :> M« ■Mw-;% t >« k'ikJu! '^ tt". V ■^1^0 S /^ . -. ^> f. "^ MK WILSON' ANIJ HIS KRIKXI) IX WIXTKR DKKSS. Some nf tli ese parkas coinu all Iho way I'rnm Siberia and are works oi' art, ciistinK as liijjjli as $ic s1k-I *:r=XX5K ■KT'-'-^a» ^^m^ >-'.«: i«M-r lays. '^^-^^^r- "KT (.Tl^AHY WARKHOL'SES. Just below whure Fi>rty-Milo Crct-k unitts with the Yiikdn, on a beautiful wocnled slielf, hijjh above the river, protected from north and west winds by liitfli hills, rests Fort Cudahy. ■3.R.S. HKAL^ that \v( V •■ f . -^ . .■^*s * r-' ^ T" BUrti n^ mt^^ ^i:,tr^.~k. K^* ^.■■"* ^^ 9C^^ K . .* '"^ -',''?**■ i»/ V-- v^ A ^ iKS. HKALY'S DOG TKAM, showinjf female winter dress and parkas. The woman's parkas differs sli^litly tiom that worn by the men, beinj; cut up at the side some ten inches and rounded at the bottom like a skirt. ■ = -...-.^^r-iaem ^T n\ I PYmt.HT l895 BV •f: 1 MRS. HEALY'S DINING ROOM AT FORTV-.MILK, showinK that homes can be made and luxuries enjoyed even in this far and frozen North. 68 lO^OHrma ^i^i^^ff ?;,*rr>:* m^" I ■■^^mk' "-^,. FIRST SUPPLIES LANDING AT CIRCLE CITY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1894. 59 IT f-'OUXDLVG 1 ■J;'^ *» ie?j? . Br vt FUUXDIXG OF CIRCLE CITY. This is on American soil and bids fair to become the metropolis of the Yukon. It is one hundred and seventy miles from Forty-Mile Creek, on the west of the river. m ^■^»' CAXVO.N V-.'^~'' '^ K\^ -i .a*^ ^W--k^ --^■'- - ^^^hrv*. CANYON ON' FORTY-MILE CREKK, ei^ht miles up the creek; it is a crooked contraction of the river. (il 4 .-.34. "Ife '^''^... In W I Mi A iL k m -** • > K**-.*"'*"'- >- ^^"^^f-^r, IO\VIN(i A HOAT THKOUliir FOkTV-.MlLli; CANYON'. At the lower end of the canyon llierc is a short turn and swift water and some lar.ife rocks. These can not Kcnerally be seen, and there is much danger. (•,•,' 1^!. •iioiV»ri« HHHHyiik. Mk ilML fn'"^."::^; ^^H^^B^^^^BSH^^? ^ HSi^i mS^ML ■ m ^Bk^T}« ri.,. .^, ^i' e^-^^^ :^ r-^.^'m. *^:£-^- ...wot. . ■-. ■Pi , :»t = '*'x»':': * eo»ywi»Mf it»s. ■▼ vekk*ik Wiujtirt, ■ Z SA.M PATCH'S POTATO KAN'CH. The only man to raise potatoes on the Yukon. They sell for §i.oo per pound. y:£l': ■,.r4»^'<8*i'#rf^-" v-mt^fsoBfwm^ ^^ -W4«t? 8OCOPYR1GMT 1895 B'T vEATE. vviiSOW :XK: ()\ FORTY-MILE CRKKK. Forty-Mile Creek is twu hundred and fifty yards loriK- It has many tributaries, all of which carry gold in paying quantities. This country is nearly covered with a glacial drift. til L .A*^ aMM.' •^^'K.VH TAK, |SCE\K TAKEN FROM SAM PATCH'S SHOWING THK HALU Hn>LS. The glacial drift from these hills feeds hundreds of tributaries to the lartfer creeks. Cm ?1 8j.co(»vric ** t . * MINE OX FORTY-MILE CREEK .SHOWING MIXERS' CABINS. 66 y:- ^i L*5, GRC „.>^!' '•r^. J^f "TlTv^' ^^-^ ^&- *^*»>i^' GROUP OK YUKON MIXERS RKADV TO RETURN HOME. Waitinx for the river steamer. They nearly all have a stake, some a fabulous fortune. Cy7 HcoPyi* DOG I'ACI notl Dog I'ACK. team ox summit of HALD hills. The doK's here are closely related to the wolves and are nothing if not born thieves. They usually celebrate the arrival of all newcomers by a general tight. fi8 f-K.. ■IS^:^V 8.5.COF CLA 4^' .,^^:s^^, ^:- i/>-., CLAIM THREE (JX MILLER CREEK. ••^•: S35,ijo.) takun nut ; Wdrkcd nnly tliirtv Ijv one hundrt'd ftft, one clean-up beinR made of one thousand one liundred ounces. r><) |.MILLKR CREI times before -i ^fm^MtmiKMmMi ar wACilE wicjBON. IMILLKR CREEK FROM SUMMIT. Six iniles loiii; ami lias tifty-t'mir rich claims. It was pmspectcd and >.riven up three times before it was found profitable. This shows the difficulty of prospecting, owin^f to the glacial drift everywhere. .^:i ^.._.^' m ^Z^'^lf^r,^-. k^i ■>, ^'f^i'-^-i Jj^/':'M^ .^ Ht-'M*' ..■^€:^f^ ? lfejf>^'|i Vi» i*TH»*"l8 »S, BY V«V*l^ VY » US O M ^OUN'G AND HLANCHARD'S CLAI.M AT MILLER CREEK. This shows the sluice boxes. This is a phieer mine. Placer is a Spanish word and means, literally, pleasure, that is, plenty of metal easily mined. ri Jii. YOUN ^^MHH^I ".■»-'■ "1.-" • p;^ HH|Bp^:'''----VV^^^:;'^^^ - ^^S^I^^B^^HHI^^UMfiaw^^HI Wm>. -^ r^; ■' . "^^^1 sBfeib'VH i^ ' :.-^^- ".'•*"••". ■■■'^^IS^^i^l w/^mB^i^. .;:s^ae^^ ■ ■ ■> :":m £*^ 1 •** '■■ ■ • ">^ »ll K " * ,^ l»» BY VEA2IE WILSON - ,:..3 ii^— ^^^^^^'i^^^^BBBBIP^iiii^' »8!copvi%>5pIp5 . \; fci '. ■ Z" rnrnk'' %>'■ YOUNG AND BLAXCHARD'S CLAIM AT WORK. I'lacer K'>1Y RIGHT ta'SS ^ ■ - ^j ■ \ ■"^"^^^i^ i'r5P^-.;ai P^t^' ^?^^ "». '^^^*^ P^^^^ jFRAN'K CROMIER'S CLAIM, MlLl.r.K Ckkkk. I'Un.'crK'>ld came there by beiriK Kround by nauiral processes out of the quartz ur other matrix where nature placed it, and deposited in a natural and unmixed state amid the washings of the hills. 78 •^u^i I'! )*.co»-y^ MILLiCR t the £r ^ % 1 4 - •* ' " > ,- ' '/ ■.3. ,„ .T ^^V^i|;V> ^^V.>,- . I MILLHR CREEK CAMP. From Forty-Mile Post to the head of Miller Creek is sixty-one miles. Uors do the freighting in winter to the mines, their food being dried salmon only. They sleep in the snow. all 74 Jiiis^ CI »miiw^ij,.M'w.4u- !pg!°i"r'i^»» Mm:imrti^^smitmK^.^. .^a*>:',:^ •■■'■■ ■"■•:* ■^:^}' f^j^^msw^'- CLAIM FOUR ON MILLER CREEK. This shows the sluice, which is a U.nx box with riffles. They are often joined in series and may extend several hundred feet. lil^^'^- ^ w *«^,. mmv "<" ■ !-ii3SfJL:. , f •»Z-,CJ».P, r J%i»MT I* vs. 11.\I{1i-1 i^ very fine the ^rade will be slight, but if uf a courser character a greater pitch will be given. ppm rock -vA OPEN'ING UP A CLAIM. The method of prospecting is usually carried on by sinking a number of holes to bed- rock across the bed of a creek, or cross cutting it by a tunnel and testing the dirt every few minutes. 77 I'lRi- FIRST WHITE WOMAN OX THE YUKON. Lives at Miller Creek. She is s'.amliriK beside her home. She boasts of being able to prospect and mine as good "s any man. vs. c«o GROUND SLUICING. Tliis is done without any sluice boxes, the water being turned right on the ground, washing away the dirt and leaving the gold. T9 i p^- :i 96cppyc SCENE AT FORT YUKON. Fort Yukon is at the mouth of the Porcupine River and just within the Arctic Circle. 80 .m^ H*«s RU MISSION. Lower Yukon. The Greek Church has the largest number of churches and adherents in Alaska, the Russian Government supporting the work. 81 I'^ik^'' / INDIAN TENTS. Lower River. At the Creole village of Kutlik. 89 ibd.co It; INDIAN FIvSHINtl Vll.I.Adlv. Lower River. Tlie Lower River natives, excepting those of the missions, are filthy, de>fradeil. and loathsome. Ki «OI.C« INDIAN CAMP, LOWER RIVER. 84 mmm^^' Ik^inr.' -''/ '"•^^Mify^ *^ ' *^ ;'^ I • • S . « T. V « »N X i e W * L S • Kl DRYING SALMON. Lower River. SlmwinK caches. A cache is inaiie by erecting a strong house upon posts twelve or fifteen feet above ground. 8.1 r^■ I' jjp ii ^ ' If GROUP UF IXDIAN CHILDREN. Lower Yukon. 86 R RUSSIAN CHURCH AT KUTLIK. Lower River. The interior of this church is very beautiful. 87 M ''%: WOODING Wooding station. Lower River. Wood is about the only tncan.s of barter tlijit the Lower River Indian.s have ; it is very abundant along the banks of the river. Fur-bearing animals here are very scarce. ^Bl **> -p. ii3L. _±tM j^t^^^H^ry w ESQUIMAUX HUTS. ST. LAWRENCE ISLAND. W y. z* STKAMER SKAOLIN AT LITAIYA liAV, !« ■"^^ GLACIER HEAU OF LITAUYA HAV. Ri>,'lU-hand side. Alaska has tlie only forest-covered glacier in the world. 93 i_2*-. cor (iLAC !S i?^i Photographic Sciences Corporation i\ # ^9) V # 40^^ \\ «.'^ . «,*■ n."" ... <^ Cb^ % V ri> 23 WEST MAIN STREET WEBSTER, NY. 14580 (716) 872-4503 Ho. em *''IAC\ER t^iLAC'IKR LITAUVA HAV. The' jLfrcaU'St Klaciur region in the wurkl is in Alaska, Ihu lantl i)t' paradoxes, wIiltc can be seen alongside of a siant jjlacier, flowers of almost endless variety in bloom. QS -t •JI.COi ■^ITh'A, TI mttmmm .•