INDEX

A

Abaza, Major S., appointed superintendent of Siberian division; forms plan of operations; starts northward from Petropavlovsk; scares up a bear; falls ill at Lesnoi; leaves Gizhiga for Okhotsk; orders from; returns to Gizhiga; makes trip to Anadyrsk; sails for Okhotsk; visits Yakutsk; comes to Yamsk; returns to Yakutsk; starts for St. Petersburg; letter from. Agaricus muscarius, Korak intoxicant. Air-hole, driving into Aklán, river Aldan, river Amur, river Anadyr, river; work on. Anadyr River party; finding of; experience of; orders concerning. Anadyrsk, village; arrival at; priest's house in; history and description of; climate of; ball at; character of inhabitants; famine at. Anadyrsk sickness Animals, of Kamchatka Anóssof, Russian commissioner Arnold, member of Anadyr River party Astronomical lectures Atlantic cable, failure of first; final success of. Aurora borealis; remarkable display of. Aurora of the sea Avacha, bay Avacha, river Avacha, village Avacha, volcano

B

"Baideras," Korak skin boats "Balagáns," fish storehouses Ball, at Anadyrsk; at Irkutsk. "Ballalaikas," Siberian guitars "Barabans," Korak drums Baths, "black," Kamchatkan steam baths Bear hunts Bears Bering, monument to, in Petropavlovsk Berries Bickmore, A.S., reference to Korak marriage ceremony Birds Bivouacs, Kamchatkan Blueberries Bollman, merchant in Petropavlovsk Bordman, W.H. Bowsher, member of Sandford's party Bragan, Nicolai, guide Bragans, Kamchatkan traders British Columbia British Government, concessions from Bulkley, Colonel Charles S. Bush, Richard J., becomes member of Siberian party; sails for Amur River; meeting with, at Gizhiga; put in command of Northern District; bad news from; night meeting with; experience in summer of 1866 Buttercups

C

Cable, Atlantic, failure of first; final success of Camp, a winter Camps Canoe travel Canticle, a driver's Christmas, in a storm; in Anadyrsk Christmas carols Chuances Chukchis Church, Greek, architecture and color; services Cinquefoil Clara Bell, bark Climate Clover Cold, Asiatic pole of; phenomena of; on Myan River; lowest temperature observed; in Stanavoi mountains Collins, P. McD., suggests overland telegraph to Europe Congress, of U. S., promises assistance Cossack waltz Cossacks Cows Cowslips Crimean war, connection of Petropavlovsk with Crinoline, Korak comment on Crows

D

Dall, W. H. Dances, Siberian Distance, Korak ideas of Divide, Kamchatkan, crossing of Dix, Major General, worshipped as a saint Dodd, James, engaged as member of party in Petropavlovsk; goes to Tigil; left in Gizhiga Dogs, ancestry: endurance; food; sledges; loads; driving of; first experiment in driving; howling of, in chorus; rest; cutting of feet by ice "Dole," arctic desert Dranka, village Dress; of Kamchadals; of Wandering Koraks; of Zamutkis and Tunguses Drunkenness, from poisonous toadstool Ducks

E

Eagles English, Shakespearian, in Irkutsk Equipment, in San Francisco; in Petropavlovsk; in Lesnoi; in Gizhiga; in Anadyrsk; in Yakutsk Escape, narrowest Eskimo-like natives Ethnology, of Siberian natives Evil spirits, propitiation of Exploration, plans for

F

Famines Fashion-plate, Korak comment on Field glass, Chukchi experiments with Fish-hawks Fish savings banks Flowers, in Gizhiga; in Petropavlovsk; in Kamchatka Fluger, German merchant in Petropavlovsk Fly agaric, as intoxicant Food, of Kamchadals Fort St. Michael Frank Leslie's, fashion-plate from; pictures from Frazer River Fritillaria; bulbs eaten Fronefield, American in Petropavlovsk Frost, George A. Fruits, of Kamchatka Fur trade, of Kamchatka

G

Gale, in North Pacific Geese Genal, valley Genal, village Gilyaks Gizhiga, village; arrival at; first days in; departure from; return to, from Anadyrsk; spring in; climate of; dancing parties in Golden Gate, bark, wreck of Goldsmith, Oliver, reference to Korak intoxicant Grouse "teteer" Gulls

H

Hallie Jackson, brig Hamilton, captain of whaling bark Sea Breeze Harchina, village Harder, member of Anadyr River party Harper's Weekly, pictures from Heck, member of Sandford's party Herald, N.Y., correspondent of Horseback travel Horse-express, Siberian Houses, Kamchadal Hunter, American in Petropavlovsk

I

Illustrated London News, as wall paper Imperator and operator Indian type, of Siberian native Intoxicant, Korak Irkutsk, city "Ispravnik," local governor of Petropavlovsk; of Gizhiga; of Okhotsk

J

Jelly-fish; luminous "Jerusalem," village

K

Kamchadals, character; food; language; music; numbers; physique; religion; sable trapping; summer settlements; transportation Kamchatka, animals; berries; birds; climate; first impressions; first view of coast; flowers; fruits; government; mail; population; scenery; topography; transportation; volcanoes Kamchatka River; raft, life on; valley of Kamchatkan Divide, crossing of Kamchatkan lily Kamchatkan mountains Kamenoi Kazarefski, village "Kazarm," a Russian barrack "Kedrovnik," see "Pine" Kennicott, leader of Alaskan exploring party Kirinsk, town on Lena River Kluchei, village Kluchefskoi volcano Knox, Colonel T. W., correspondent of N.Y. Herald Kolyma, mosquitoes in Korak, village Koraks, Settled, appearance; experiments with American food; in Kamenoi; stupidity and ugliness; yurts Koraks, Wandering, arrival at first encampment; appearance; character; comment on dress of American woman; food; geographical range; intoxicant; language; marriage ceremony; monotonous life; old and sick killed; pologs; reindeer; relation to Chukchis; relieve starving Anadyrsk people; religion; social organisation; superstitions; tents Koratskoi, volcano Krestofskaya, village Kristi, village Kuil, village of Settled Koraks Kukel, General "Kukhlanka" fur overshirt

L

Labrador tea Lamutkis Land, longing for Language, "American"; Russian difficulty of learning; grammar of; specimen; experience with, in Irkutsk La Perouse, monument to, in Petropavlovsk Lecky, W.H., reference to religion of terror Lectures, astronomical Leet, American brought by bark Onward; suicide of Lesnoi, village Letovies, summer settlements Lewis, Richard, telegraph operator brought by bark Onward Lily, Kamchatkan "Lodkas," Siberian skiffs

M

Macrae, leader of Anadyr River party Macrae and Arnold, go with Chukchis; no news from; arrive in Anadyrsk; experience with Chukchis; first winter's work Magpies Mahood, Captain James A. Mahood and Bush Maidel, Baron Malchanski Malqua, village Manchus "Manyalla," Korak bread Marriage ceremonies, Russian Korak Matches, Koraks see for first time Matuga, island Maximof, Kamchatkan driver Medusae; luminous Mikina, village Milkova, village Mirages Mongolian type of natives "Moroshkas," berries Mosquitoes Moss steppe Mountains, Kamchatkan "Muk-a-moor," Korak intoxicant Music, American, in Kamchatka; of Kamchadals; of Greek Church; on corvette Varag Myan, river

N

Nalgim, mountain "Nart," Siberian dog-sledge New York Herald, correspondent of Nights, in summer Nikolaievsk, town Nizhni Novgorod Northern District, famine in; work in Norton, forearm of pole-cutting party Norton, sound

O

"Oerstel," a spiked stick Okhotsk Sea; coast of; temperatures of; phosphorescence of Okuta, village Olga, brig, passage engaged on; inspection of; sails from San Francisco; life on; sails for Amur River Onward, bark Operator and imperator

P

Palmetto, bark Paren, river "Pavoskas," travelling sleighs or sledges Penzhina, river Penzhina, village Penzhinsk Gulf Petropavlovsk Phillippeus, trip down the Anadyr; boat of Phosphorescence, of the sea Pierce, American in Petropavlovsk Pine, trailing or "Kedrovnik" Plans, at Gizhiga Plover "Podorozhnaya," order for post-horses "Pologs," skin bedrooms Pope, leader of Alaskan party Porte Crayon, sketches of, in Kamchatka Post-road to Irkutsk Povorotnoi, cape Price, telegraph operator, brought by Onward Primroses "Pripaika," ice-foot Propashchina, River of the Lost "Protoks," arms of stream Ptarmigan Puffin "Purgas," blizzards Pushchin, village

R

Raft, Kamchatkan Raft travel Raselskoi, volcano Ravens Reception, Kamchatkan Reindeer catching; driving; food; guarding; habits; of Koraks; of Tunguses; stampede; superstition about sale of; uses Reindeer Koraks, see "Koraks, Wandering" Reindeer-sledge travel Religion, of Kamchadals; of Wandering Koraks Reveries, seasick River of the Lost Roads Robinson, member of Anadyr River party Roses, wild Route of line Routes from Kluchei Russell and Co. Russian-American Telegraph Co. organisation of failure of Russian Government Russian language

S

Sables, trapping; trade in skins Saghalin, Russian supply steamer St. Petersburg Sale, a bargain Salmon, catching and curing; failure of; frozen; dependence of Siberians upon Samanka Mountains Samanka River Sandford, Lieut., foreman of pole-cutting party "Sastrugi," permanent drifts of snow Scammon, Captain, commander of Company's fleet Scenery of Kamchatka Scenery, Siberian, in winter Schwartz Sea Breeze, whaling bark Sea life "Selánka," Kamchatkan soup Send-off, a Siberian Shamanism "Shchi," cabbage soup Sheláshnikoff, Governor-General Sherom, village Shestakóva, village Sidanka, village Smith, member of Anadyr River party Sparrow song Spring, in Gizhiga Squirrel skins Stanavoi Mountains Star-flower "Starosta," head man of village Steeplechase, to Sidanka Stock, of Western Union Extension Co. Storm in Northern Pacific; on the Viliga River; on the Málkachán steppe; in Gizhiginsk Gulf Stovepipe, search for; finding of "Struganini," frozen fish Sugar, used instead of money Sulkavoi, captain of port of Petropavlovsk Sutton, captain of bark Clara Bell Suveilich, volcano Swallows Swans Sword-bearer

T

"Taiyon," Korak chief "Tarantas," Siberian travelling carriage Tea, used instead of money "Tea caravans," Telega, four-wheeled Siberian wagon Tents, of Koraks, life in "Teteer," Russian grouse Thrushes Tide, a race with Tigil, village Time, expedients to pass away Tobacco, used instead of money Tobézin, captain of steamer, Saghalin Topolofka, river "Topor," Russian axe "Torbasses," fur boots Trances, in Anadyrsk sickness Trailing-pine. See "Pine" Transportation, means of, in Kamchatka Tundras, mossy plains Tunguses; encampments Turkish type of natives

U

Ural Mountains Usinova, brook

V

Valerian Varag, Russian corvette Verkholénsk, town on Lena River Victoria Viliga, stormy gorge of; mountains Villages, Kamchatkan, descriptions Villuchinski, volcano Vitimsk, town on Lena River Volcanoes of Kamchatka Vorrebeoffs, Kamchatkan traders,

W

Wages, paid Yakut laborers Wedding, in Petropavlovsk; in Korak tent Western Union Extension Co. Western Union Telegraph Co. Wheeler, sent to Yamsk Whymper, book of Wild-rose petals, as food Women, American, Korak comment on dress of Work accomplished up to March 1886 Writing, Korak and Chukchi, ignorance of

Y

Yakuts Yakutsk; winter temperatures Yamsk, village; trip to, in March "Yassak," a tax on furs Yolofka, pass Yolofka, river, canoe travel on Yolofka, village "Yukola," dried fish "Yurts," Asiatic habitations; of settled Koraks,

Z

"Zimovie," winter settlement Zinovief, Gregorie, Cossack guide