ILLUSTRATIONS
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Hudson Stuck (photogravure)Frontispiece
Facing Page
Sunrise on the Chandalar-Koyukuk portage36
Coldfoot on the Koyukuk37
The upper Koyukuk50
The barren shores of Kotzebue Sound51
Gold-mining at Nome122
Pulling the Pelican out with a "Spanish windlass"123
The start over the "first ice"164
"Rough going"165
Arthur and Doctor Burke178
Saint John's-in-the-Wilderness, Allakaket, Koyukuk River179
The double interpretation at the Allakaket186
The wind-swept Yukon within the ramparts187
A pleasant woodland trail256
An Alaskan chief and his henchman257
The Tanana crossing270
Good going on the Yukon271
"A portage that comes so finely down to the Yukon that there is pleasure in anticipating the view it affords"290
Fort Yukon291
The rough breaking in of Doctor Loomis, camped on the mail trail at 50° below zero, unable to reach a road-house for the deep snow296
Esquimaux of the upper Kuskokwim297
"The 'summit' is high above timber-line and the trail pursues a hogback ridge for a mile and a half at the summit level"324
A street in Iditarod City325
The end of the portage trail334
Rough ice on the Yukon335
A docile folk, eager for instruction350
The mission type351
Wild and shy351
The native communicant360
Raw material360
An Esquimau youth361
A half-breed Indian361
An aged couple366
Football at the Allakaket, exposure 1-1000 second, April, after a new light snowfall367
The sun dogs388
"Tan," of mixed breed389
"Muk," a pure malamute389
Map of the interior of Alaska showing journeys described in this bookAt end of volume