Alaska: Its Southern Coast and the Sitkan ArchipelagoD. Lothrop and Company, 1885 - 333 strani Author's letters to various newspapers on her two summer cruises in 1883-84 assembled and amplified by reference to published information to form an informative tourist guide to the region. |
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Stran 12
... Indian canoes used to blacken the beach at the seasons of the great trades . The traders first opened the coal seams near Nanaimo , and thirty years ago used to pay the Indians one blanket for every eight barrels of coal brought out ...
... Indian canoes used to blacken the beach at the seasons of the great trades . The traders first opened the coal seams near Nanaimo , and thirty years ago used to pay the Indians one blanket for every eight barrels of coal brought out ...
Stran 14
... Indians should force their way into the admiring crowd and demand pay for fish sold to the anglers . Can any one pic- ture that scene and the effect of the joke , when it dawned upon the group ? A great bonfire on the beach in the ...
... Indians should force their way into the admiring crowd and demand pay for fish sold to the anglers . Can any one pic- ture that scene and the effect of the joke , when it dawned upon the group ? A great bonfire on the beach in the ...
Stran 18
... Indians had known and dreaded these rapids as the abode of an evil spirit , and for half a century the adventurous Hudson Bay traders went warily through the raging whirlpools . Although the British Admiralty have made careful surveys ...
... Indians had known and dreaded these rapids as the abode of an evil spirit , and for half a century the adventurous Hudson Bay traders went warily through the raging whirlpools . Although the British Admiralty have made careful surveys ...
Stran 23
... Indians , were seen shining in the afternoon sun . At that point the water is tinged a paler green by the turbid currents of the Skeena River , and up that rado has lately been found . canoes , and fishermen have joined them in the hunt ...
... Indians , were seen shining in the afternoon sun . At that point the water is tinged a paler green by the turbid currents of the Skeena River , and up that rado has lately been found . canoes , and fishermen have joined them in the hunt ...
Stran 24
... Indians who catch , salt , and barrel the salmon . There was one white man as host at the fish house , a fur- capped , sad - eyed mortal , who wistfully said that he had not been " below " in seven years , and entertained us with the ...
... Indians who catch , salt , and barrel the salmon . There was one white man as host at the fish house , a fur- capped , sad - eyed mortal , who wistfully said that he had not been " below " in seven years , and entertained us with the ...
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Alaska: Its Southern Coast and the Sitkan Archipelago Eliza Ruhamah Scidmore Predogled ni na voljo - 2013 |
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Alaska Alaska Commercial Company anchor archipelago Baranoff beach beautiful blankets boats bracelets British Columbia cannery canoes Captain carved cedar channel Chatham Strait chief Chilkat Chilkat River Chilkoot Inlet civil coal coast command cruise curios Davidson glacier deck district dollars eagle feet fish fishery forest Fort Wrangell front fur company gold governor green ground Haidas harbor head Hooniah houses Howkan Hudson Bay Hudson Bay Company hundred Idaho Indians inlet Juneau Kaigahnee Kasa-an Kloh-Kutz Kootznahoo land Lynn Canal Metlakatlah miles miners mines morning mountain MUIR GLACIER natives numbers officers Pacific picturesque rancherie River Russian salmon San Francisco sealskins sent Seward ship ship's shore side silver Sitka Siwash skins spoons steamer Stikine Stikine River Straits summer Taku Territory Thlinkets thousand tide totem poles town trade treaty tribes trip Tyee United village wharf Wrangell Yukon
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Stran 320 - When this convention shall have been duly ratified by the President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, on the one part, and on the other by his Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias, the ratifications shall be exchanged at Washington within three months from the date hereof, or sooner, if possible.
Stran 316 - Island, which point lies in the parallel of 54 degrees 40 minutes north latitude, and between the 131st. and 133rd. degree of west longitude (meridian of Greenwich), the said line shall ascend to the North, along the channel called Portland Channel, as far as the point of the continent where it strikes the 56th. degree of north latitude...
Stran 319 - ... they, with the exception of uncivilized native tribes, shall be admitted to the enjoyment of all the rights, advantages and immunities of citizens of the United States, and shall be maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property and religion. The uncivilized tribes will be subject to such laws and regulations as the United States, may from time to time, adopt in regard to aboriginal tribes of that country.
Stran 317 - ... longitude, (of the same meridian ;) and finally, from the said point of intersection, the said meridian line of the 141st degree, in its prolongation as far as the Frozen ocean.
Stran 321 - And whereas the said treaty has been duly ratified on both parts, and the respective ratifications of the same were exchanged at Washington on this twentieth day of June, by William H.
Stran 321 - President of the United States of America, have caused the said Treaty to be made public, to the end that the same and every article and clause thereof may be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the United States and the citizens thereof.
Stran 317 - ... degree of west longitude, shall prove to be at the distance of more than ten marine leagues from the ocean, the limit between the British possessions and the line of coast which is to belong to Russia as above mentioned...
Stran 326 - And that either of the justices of the Supreme Court, as well as judges of the District Courts, shall have power to grant writs of habeas corpus, for the purpose of an inquiry into the cause of commitment.
Stran 315 - By the President of the United States of America. A Proclamation. Whereas a treaty between the United States of America and His Majesty the...
Stran 320 - In consideration of the cession aforesaid, the United States agree to pay at the Treasury in Washington, within ten months after the exchange of the ratifications of this convention, to the diplomatic representative or other agent of his Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias, duly authorized to receive the same, seven million two hundred thousand dollars in gold.