Alaska and Its ResourcesLee and Shepard, 1870 - 627 strani |
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Zadetki 1–5 od 85
Stran 3
... covered the deck with an inch or two of half- melted snow and hail . The waves were yellow with sediment , churned up by their own violence , and the very white - caps had a sullied look which spoke of shallow water . We were drawing ...
... covered the deck with an inch or two of half- melted snow and hail . The waves were yellow with sediment , churned up by their own violence , and the very white - caps had a sullied look which spoke of shallow water . We were drawing ...
Stran 7
... covered . If this is a sample of the country , I thought , it is not prepossessing ! On rising in the morning I found , as might be expected , that I was likely to feel for some time the effect THE YUKON TERRITORY . 7.
... covered . If this is a sample of the country , I thought , it is not prepossessing ! On rising in the morning I found , as might be expected , that I was likely to feel for some time the effect THE YUKON TERRITORY . 7.
Stran 9
... covered with brick or slabs of lava . In Russia they are generally built of brick entirely , and are often tiled over on the outside with painted tiles , such as are yet to be found in some of the older houses in New England . Our beds ...
... covered with brick or slabs of lava . In Russia they are generally built of brick entirely , and are often tiled over on the outside with painted tiles , such as are yet to be found in some of the older houses in New England . Our beds ...
Stran 10
... covered with a layer , about four feet thick , of clay and vegetable matter resembling peat . This forms a nearly even meadow , with numerous pools of water , which gradually ascends for a mile or more to a low hill of volcanic ori- gin ...
... covered with a layer , about four feet thick , of clay and vegetable matter resembling peat . This forms a nearly even meadow , with numerous pools of water , which gradually ascends for a mile or more to a low hill of volcanic ori- gin ...
Stran 14
... covered with straw , or spruce branches when obtainable , and over this is laid a mat woven out of grass . Sometimes the space is raised , or a platform is built of boards , or logs hewn flat on one side . This is a work of such labor ...
... covered with straw , or spruce branches when obtainable , and over this is laid a mat woven out of grass . Sometimes the space is raised , or a platform is built of boards , or logs hewn flat on one side . This is a work of such labor ...
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Alaska Aleutian Aleutian Islands Aleuts Alexander Archipelago Aliáska Arctic arrived bank Baránoff Bering Sea Bering Strait bidárka bidarrá birch boat called camp canoes Cape Captain Chúkchees coast colonies Cook's Inlet deer dogs expedition explored feet fish Fort Selkirk Fort Yukon furs Harbor Hudson Bay Hudson Bay Company hundred Indians Ingaliks inhabitants Innuit Island Iván Kadiák Kamchatka Kennicott Ketchum killed Kotzebue Sound Koyúkuns Kurilla Kuskoqúim Kutchin kyaks Lake large number latter Máhlemut Michael's miles mountains mouth natives northern northwest Norton Sound Nuklukahyét Nuláto obtained Ochótsk passed Pávloff peninsula Petersburg portage reached Redoubt reindeer returned River Robert Kennicott rocks Russian American Company sailed seal shamán shore Sitka skin sleds snow spring territory Thlinkets tobacco trade trading-post tribes Ulúkuk Unalaklík Unaláshka vessels village volcano Voyage wind winter women wood Yukon Yukon River
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Stran 342 - North latitude, and between the 131st and the 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; from this last-mentioned 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 141st degree of West longitude (of the same Meridian); and,...
Stran 343 - 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 228 - Behring's Sea, so as to pass midway between the northwest point of the island of St. Lawrence and the southeast point of Cape Choukotski, to the meridian of one hundred and...
Stran 344 - 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 228 - ... 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 228 - Island, which point lies in the parallel of 54 degrees 40 minutes north latitude, and between the 131st and the 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 345 - 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 343 - Behring's straits on the parallel of sixty-five degrees thirty minutes north latitude, at its intersection by the meridian which passes midway between the islands of Krusenstern, or Ignalook, and the island of Ratmanoff, or Noonarbook, and proceeds due north, without limitation, into the same Frozen ocean.
Stran 354 - The treaties and laws of the United States contemplate the Indian territory as completely separated from that of the states ; and provide that all intercourse with them shall be carried on exclusively by the government of the union.
Stran 342 - ... 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...