INDEX
Reading edition
Agriculture, 228, 229, 230, 231, 367 Alarm-clocks, 304 Alatna River, 70 Albert the pilot, 60 Allakaket, 190-195 Alphabet, 69 Amundsen, 292, 392 Animals, wild, 257, 276, 277, 298, 405 Anthropologists, 270 Arctic Ocean, 97, 98 Army posts: economic value, 151 discipline and life, 217 frequent changes, 217 surgeons, 218 Arthur, 158, 163 Athabascan language, 349 Atler, 170, 171 Auroras, 46, 380-391 Baker Creek Springs, 155 Bathing, 85 Beaver City, 345 Bering Sea, 129 Betticher, C. E., 254 Bettles, 54, 56, 63 Black fox, 258, 362 Blizzard, 40 Blossom Cape, 103, 106 Blow-holes, 13 Bluff, 126 Bompas, Bishop, 283 Brook, Alfred, 309 Burke, Dr., 158, 167, 169, 187 Caching, 17, 20, 70, 335 Camp: making details, 41, 42, 43 night made, 91 devices, 243 in wet snow, 302 Camp-Robbers, 335, 299, 300 Candle, 102 Candles, 108, 109 Caribou, 107, 409 Carter, Miss, 184 Chandalar: River, 26, 27, 35 village, 27, 28, 29, 34 Gap, 36, 37 Chatanika River, 4, 6, 8 Chena, 156, 249, 250 Chief Isaac, 263 Chinnik, 127 Choris Peninsula, 106 Circle City, 11, 20, 290 Clearwater Creek, 256 Clothes: drying, 42, 53 moose hide, 202, 203 tuberculosis, 306, 362 missions, 363 Coal, 92, 93 Coldfoot, 47, 48, 49 Cook, Dr., 405 Cooking: camp dishes, 43 cleanliness, 85 bear meat, 168 by relays, 209 for dog, 397 Council, 116 Creepers, 111 Cribbage, 124 Death Valley, 112, 113 Denali (Mt. McKinley), 225, 305 Deputy marshals, 365 Development schemes, 410, 411 Diphtheria, 28, 29, 32, 287, 313 Disease: epidemic, 6; cf. diphtheria, measles, tuberculosis Dishkaket, 332 Disinfectants, 32 Dogs: price of, 4 frozen toes, 8 sled, 20, 25, 45 beds, 42 food, 44, 407 harness, 45 tails, 45 fight, 93 digging up snow, 110 helpless on smooth ice, 113 conscience, 115 on fish food, 115 with reindeer, 119, 120 refuse to lead, 125 preference for land trails, 129 intelligence, 139, 156; cf. Nanook strength, 174 dislike wet feet, 178 cost of boarding, 181 in trail making, 200 in soft weather, 213 suffering on steep trails, 214 companionship, 223 moccasin leggings, 224 houses, 232, 237 play, 234 intelligence, 234, 237 sleeping, 235 thieving, 236 partners of man, 238 working life, 239 frozen foot, 253 with no coat, 275 and Indians, 291 howling, 303, 304 stray, 320, 321 general characteristics, 392-402 cost of maintenance, 396 ill used by whites, 397 Eagle, 285 Eagle Summit, 10, 11 Education: spread of English, 23, 24 phonograph, 52 scientific, 58 novel methods, 80 ignorance of native language, 81 artificial methods, 131 mission, 132, 355 Egbert Fort, 286 Endicott Mountains, 62 Esquimaux: sense of humour, 51, 87 isolated, 62 huts, 70 as hunters, 75 prayers, 82 music, 82 morality, 83 industry, 86 Sabbatarianism, 88 sense of distance, 91 fish eating, 92 gut windows, 94 devoutness, 95 sleeping customs, 95 undemonstrativeness, 95 igloos, 96 non-alcoholic, 99 tobacco, 99 hospitality, 106 carving, 124 singing, 130 attitude of white men toward, 134 snow goggles, 146 kindly manners, 182 antipathy to Indians, 185, 265 superstitions, 191, 269 Fairbanks, 156, 249, 250, 251, 252, 253, 382 Farthing, Miss, 244, 246, 247, 248 Fish Creek, 297 Forts: Alaskan, 342 Fortymilers, 280 Fortymile River, 281, 282 Gambling, 279 Game, 257, 277, 325, 368, 369, 406 Gold train, 5 Greek Church, 310, 322 Grenfell, Dr., 402 Grimm, Charles, 56 Half-breeds, 315, 316, 318, 319 Hamlin, Fort, 342 Hammond River, 47 Hans, 102, 103, 105 Hip-ring, 226 Hobo, the frozen, 134, 135 Hogatzitna, 76 Horses, 409, 410, 411 Hospitality, cf. Esquimaux and Indians, 49 Hot Springs, 227, 228 Hotham Inlet, 96 Hudson Bay Company, 21, 22 Husky, 392 Ice: glare, 9 rubber, 9, 179, 180 blow-holes, 13 bluffs, 79 mining, 126, 160, 161 jam, 167 breaking, 170 way to determine holding capacity, 179 Iditarod City, 294, 295, 296, 297, 327 Igloo, 96, 106 Indians: civilized, 24 uncivilized, 25 religion, 30 language, 141 trade with, 152, 153 diminishing, 153, 154 disease, 154 relations with whites, 173 dancing and sports, 189 preparation for death, 190 effect of civilization, 192, 193 lack of initiative, 197 demoralization, 216, 278, 279 birth-rate and death-rate, 217, 218 best education for, 245 women teachers, 246, 247 kindliness, 254 traders, 258 hospitality, 261, 303 missions, 263, 279 not savages, 264 fear of Esquimaux, 265 peaceable, 266 not idolators, 267 Christianity, 268, 270 moral character, 285 pauperization, 288, 289 cruelty to dogs, 291 effect of reproof, 292 self-government, 293 whites, 293 epidemics, 308, 312, 313 at mercy of traders, 311 half-breed, 315 and whites, 317, 318 meat carriers, 332 carving, 334 general discussion of, 348-370 and photographs, 378 Interpreters, 154, 155, 186 Jackson, Dr. S., 402 Jade Mountains, 89 Jetté, Fr., 140, 141 John River, 62 Journalism, 250 Kikitaruk, 98, 102 Knapp, 100 Kobuk: River, 63, 76 Mountains, 74 missionary, 80 town, 182 Kobuks, 51 Kotzebue, 106, 107 Sound, 63, 97, 102 Koyukuk: River, 39, 40, 48, 52, 65, 384 Cañon, 52 deserted towns, 65 Indians, 158, 142 mission, 183 Krusenstern, 97 Kuskokwim River, 322, 323 Lamps, 34 Langdon, Captain, 288 Launch, motor, 158, 159, 160, 161, 163 Lewis Cut-Off, 333 Lingo, 51, 115, 239 London, Jack, 265 Long Beach, 84, 88 Lookout Mountain, 61 Loomis, Dr., 296 Lower ramparts, 219 Lunar: phenomena, 18, 157 eclipse, 78 Lynx, 405 MacDonald, Archdeacon, 22, 23, 30, 31 Magistrates, 364 Mail carrying, 215, 331 Malamute, 392 Mal-de-raquet, 201 Mansfield Lake, 271 Matches, 243 Measles, 312 Medicine men, 246, 247, 267, 268 Melozitna, 209 Menthol balm, 201 Meteorological: phenomena, heat radiation, 55 rain, rare in winter, 134 local weather changes, 144 variable climate in Alaska, 188 cause of fluctuating temperature readings, 195, 196 Minchúmina, 307, 308 Lake, 303 Mining: towns and camps, 5, 6, 11, 12, 47, 48, 65, 251, 252 town morality, 83, 84, 328, 354 luxurious life, 108, 122 fires, 116, 330 on beach, 123 in ice, 126 decayed, 221, 222, 223, 284 primitive methods, 281, 282 claims, 295 flimsy buildings, 328 morals, 329 services in, 330 missionaries, 331 agriculture, 366 Mirage, 90 Mission stations: schools, 355, 358 clothing, 363, 369 isolated, 369 Missionary: nurse, 33 methods, 69, 81, 84, 194, 195, 307 Moccasins, 7 Money, 64 Moses' Village, 65, 180 Mountain: sunshine, 61 temperature, 61 Mukluk, 7, 19, 86 Mush, 200, 214 Nanook, 200, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236, 237, 238, 240 Natural religion, 58, 191, 267 Nelson, 161, 162 Nenana, 244, 245 Nicoli's Village, 322 Noatak, 90 Nome, 120, 122, 123 Northern Commercial Company, 241 Norton: Bay, 127 Sound, 117 Nose protection, 87, 145 Noyutak Lake, 76 Nulato, 48, 140 massacre, 142, 143 Old Woman Mountain, 135 One-eyed William, 172, 173, 174 Overflow: water, 6, 7, 27, 37 ice, 9 Paraselene, 57 Parkee, 35, 71 Peary, Admiral, 393 Pedometer, 73 Petersen, 114, 115 Photographing, 241, 242 Photography, 371-379 Place names, 326 Point Hope, 3, 56, 97, 99, 100 Potatoes, 229 Potlatch, 310, 353 Prevost, Jules, 154 Prices, 324, 327, 362 trading, 362, 396, 407 Prospectors: in winter, 78 and Esquimaux, 88 pinching out, 92 ruined, 146 self-reliance, 161, 162 poet, 322 imagination, 326 knowledge of Bible, 328 dogs, 399 visions, 409 railways, 410 Ptarmigan, 325 Quikpak River, 153 Raft, 256 Ragarou, Fr., 147 Railroads, 410, 411 Rampart City, 221, 222, 223, 338, 339 Rasmunsen, 392 Reading matter, 77, 205, 324, 325, 336 Red Mountain, 176 Reindeer, 119, 120, 402, 405, 407, 409 Roadhouse accommodation, 34, 324 gambling, 128 keepers of, 132 talk, 289 poet, 321, 322 reading matter, 324, 325 Arctic travel reminiscences, 335 Roxy, 70, 71, 72, 87, 91, 96, 101 Russian Alaska, 142, 143: Church of, cf. Greek Church Saint John's-in-the-Wilderness, 188, 195 Salchaket, 254 Scientists, 269, 270 Seasons, 230 Seward Peninsula, 109, 111, 112, 113 Signal corps, 135, 136, 137, 220 Sishwóymina, 309 Siwashing, 41, 67, 138, 392, 394 Slate Creek, 46 Sled: width, 110 brake, 113 overturning, 113, 114 improvised, 164 in soft snow, 166 use of willow saplings, 167, 179 gee pole, 220 convertible rig, 275 unpacking, 345 harness, 397 team, 397 weight carried, 398 dog rations, load, 405 Sleeping bag, 104, 105 Smoke, 54 Snow banners, 39 melting, 42 glasses, 145, 146 blindness, 146, 147, 148, 290 Snow-shoes, 7, 346 Society of Friends, 99 Solar: light, effect on speed-shutters, 374 phenomena, 15, 16, 31, 39, 45, 57, 73, 74, 90, 103, 211 Solomon's, 126 Speed, 17, 20, 60, 75, 91, 96, 97, 110, 130, 198, 199, 299, 337 Squirrel River, 93, 94, 95 Starvation, 184, 185 Stefanson, 88, 268, 269 Summit, 11 Takotna, 323 Tanana, 150, 151, 152, 216, 217, 255, 256, 258, 271, 273, 274, 337, 369 River, 155, 255, 256 Tapis, 271 Telegraph system, 136 Temperature: low, travel, 14 animal life, 16 in river bottoms, 19, 50, 61 effect on lamps, 34 on parts of the body, 36 on log huts, 37 condensation, 53 smoke, 54 clear weather, 55 wind, 57 emotional power, 59 death from freezing, 61, 66, 68 cleanliness, 86 altitude, effect of, 204 greatest cold, effect of, 206 fluctuations, 212 confinement, 215 effect on cameras and films, 372, 374 on emulsions, 376, 377 and auroras, 381 high, 301 effect on dirt roof, 346 on Yukon River, 347 Thermos bottle, 261 Toboggan, 13, 37, 38, 46, 89 Topkok, 117 Town crier, 278 Tozitna, 209, 213 Trader: anti-monopolist, 241 profits, 334 missions, 258 articles sold to Indians, 361 Trading monopoly, 144 Trail: river, 2, 13, 37 dry and wet, 7 mountain, 10, 38 width, 15 lost, 18, 19, 67, 104, 320 blazed, 26 wind-swept, 40 in snow, 72, 138 breaking, 74, 75 exchange, 75 with hard crust, 109 telephone, 118 effect of horses on, 149, 150 cutting, 176 making, 198 always serpentine, 198 staked, 198, 210 widening, 202 stage, 254 double tripping, 298 in soft snow, 301 swampy, 332 Yukon, 336 in gale, 340 "sidling," 341 at night, 344 in thaw, 346, 347 found by aurora, 384 Tsórmina, 308 Tuberculosis, 359, 360 Twelve-Mile Summit, 9 Unalaklík, 132 Walter, 314, 321, 336, 341 Whiskey, 153, 222, 363 White, John, 121 Wind: protection against, 35 different local velocities, 37 physical labour, 46 in extreme cold, 57 as a malignant spirit, 112 high velocities, 219 in The Ramparts, 338 Wiseman, 47 Wolf, 395 Yukon, 12, 139, 153, 219, 336, 351 Flats, 12, 13, 343 Fort, 21, 22, 24, 350
Map of the Interior of Alaska, Showing Journeys Described in this Book
