Alaska: Its Southern Coast and the Sitkan ArchipelagoD. Lothrop, 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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... dollars jumping in the air every ten minutes ! " The anglers were maddened at the sight of these fish , for although these wild northern salmon can sometimes be deluded by trolling with a spoon - hook , they have no taste for such small ...
... dollars jumping in the air every ten minutes ! " The anglers were maddened at the sight of these fish , for although these wild northern salmon can sometimes be deluded by trolling with a spoon - hook , they have no taste for such small ...
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... dollars and carved with scrolls , con- ventional eagles copied from coins , and geometrical designs . They have no fancy for gold ornaments , and they are very rarely seen ; but the fancy for silver is universal , and their methodical ...
... dollars and carved with scrolls , con- ventional eagles copied from coins , and geometrical designs . They have no fancy for gold ornaments , and they are very rarely seen ; but the fancy for silver is universal , and their methodical ...
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... dollars may be legitimately made away with . In one house an enlightened and non - skeptical Indian was driving ... dollars that he had received from this trader for his twenty beautifully carved spoons , and the tourists who had to pay ...
... dollars may be legitimately made away with . In one house an enlightened and non - skeptical Indian was driving ... dollars that he had received from this trader for his twenty beautifully carved spoons , and the tourists who had to pay ...
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... the most slender bangles , adapted from the models in an illustrated jeweller's catalogue that some Philistine has sent him . Worse yet , he copies the civilized spread eagle from the half - dollar , and , THE SITKAN ARCHIPELAGO . 49.
... the most slender bangles , adapted from the models in an illustrated jeweller's catalogue that some Philistine has sent him . Worse yet , he copies the civilized spread eagle from the half - dollar , and , THE SITKAN ARCHIPELAGO . 49.
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... dollar , and , one can only shake his head sadly to see Stikine art so corrupted and debased . For all this , the lame man cannot make bracelets fast enough to supply the market , and at three dollars a pair for the narrower ones he ...
... dollar , and , one can only shake his head sadly to see Stikine art so corrupted and debased . For all this , the lame man cannot make bracelets fast enough to supply the market , and at three dollars a pair for the narrower ones he ...
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Alaska Alaska Commercial Company anchor archipelago Baranoff beach beautiful blankets boats bracelets cannery canoes Captain carved cedar channel Chatham Strait chief Chilkat Chilkat River Chilkoot Inlet civilized coal coast command cruise curios deck district dollars eagle feet fish fishery forest Fort Wrangell front fur company Glacier Bay gold governor ground Haidas head Hooniah Howkan Hudson Bay Hudson Bay Company hundred Idaho Indians inlet Juneau Kaigahnee Kasa-an Kloh-Kutz Kootznahoo land Lynn Canal Metlakatlah miles miners mines mission moraine morning mountain MUIR GLACIER natives numbers officers picturesque quartz rancherie River Russian Russian America 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 317 - 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 314 - Island, which point lies in the parallel of 54 degrees 40 minutes north latitude, and (between the 131st and 133d 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 318 - 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 319 - 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 315 - That whenever the summit of the mountains which extend in a direction parallel to the coast, from the 56th degree of north latitude to the point of intersection of the 141st 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, shall be formed by a line parallel to the windings of the coast, and which shall never exceed the distance...
Stran 319 - 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 315 - ... point the line of demarcation shall follow the summit of the mountains situated parallel to the coast, as far as the point of intersection of the...
Stran 324 - 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 - ... degree of west 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 313 - By the President of the United States of America. A Proclamation. Whereas a treaty between the United States of America and His Majesty the...