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Copyrighted by Henry Altemus, of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsyl

vania, A. D. 1897, in the One Hundred and Twenty-first Year of
the Independence of the United States of America.

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HENRY ALTEMUS, MANUFACTURER,

PHILADELPHIA,

Director

Stevers

11-3-47

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INTRODUCTION.

The object of this book, as explained in an introduction to the first edition, is to furnish the latest authentic information concerning a portion of our country which until very recently has been little thought of, but which is now the magnet for many minds. The favor with which it has been received by press and public has led to the preparation of a new edition, revised, enlarged, and brought thoroughly up to date. It has been the aim to make an accurate and comprehensive handbook of the Alaskan country, and with this end in view all available authorities on the subject have been consulted. The new edition contains four new chapters and many additional half tone illustrations and maps. The illustrations are largely from photographs taken by official expeditions of the United States and Canadian Governments. Most of them are published now for the first time. The maps are from maps and hitherto unpublished data in the possession of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey. They

are believed to be more nearly accurate than any others which have yet appeared. The author wishes to renew his acknowledgment of indebtedness to officers of the U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey and the U. S. Geological Survey. He is more than ever under obligation to Mr. John F. Pratt, of the Coast and Geodetic Survey, whose chapter entitled "Characteristics of Our Northwestern Possessions" has contributed greatly to the success of the book, and whose counsel has been of peculiar value in the preparation of the new edition. He wishes also to express his thanks to Prof. Otis T. Mason, of the Smithsonian Institution, the distinguished authority on ethnology; tc Mr.O. H. Tittmann, assistant in charge of the U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey; to Mr. Marcus Baker, of the Geological Survey, and to Mr. Harold B. Goodrich, one of the associates of Mr. Spurr in the Geological Survey expedition of 1896, who has been kind enough to make valuable suggestions. To Mr. J. Harry Cunningham, of Washington, is due much of the artistic excellence and accuracy of the maps and illustrations.

Washington, D. C., September, 1897.

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