Seal and Salmon Fisheries and General Resources of Alaska: Reports by W.G. Morris, I. Petroff, C.H. Townsend, F.W. True, J.J. Brice and L. Stejneger on internal resources of Alaska and the fur-seal fisheries of the North Pacific Ocean, with comments on the reports of Townsend, True, and Brice by D.S. JordanGovernmnet Printing Office, 1898 - Alaska A survey of the economic resources of Alaska in the early territorial period of 1868 to 1895 including seal and salmon fishing, in particular in the Bering Sea and Pribilof Islands, and the condition of native peoples, as well as the operations of the Alaska Commercial Company. Includes annual reports of agents in charge of seal islands. |
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... covered a short time before the season became too far advanced to work , but during the short time they were worked the yield was enormous . Here the miners congregate in large numbers , from 1,500 to 2,000 at certain seasons of the ...
... covered a short time before the season became too far advanced to work , but during the short time they were worked the yield was enormous . Here the miners congregate in large numbers , from 1,500 to 2,000 at certain seasons of the ...
Page 76
... covered with shingles , all the labor of the Indians , have taken the place of their former wretched huts . They have modern doors and windows , and look like civilized dwellings . In fact their town will very favorably contrast with ...
... covered with shingles , all the labor of the Indians , have taken the place of their former wretched huts . They have modern doors and windows , and look like civilized dwellings . In fact their town will very favorably contrast with ...
Page 93
... covered with snow , with the most exquisite scenery and vegetation below . It must be seen to be thoroughly ... covering ; congeal during the winter , and be prevented from melting during the ensuing summer by that mossy covering , which ...
... covered with snow , with the most exquisite scenery and vegetation below . It must be seen to be thoroughly ... covering ; congeal during the winter , and be prevented from melting during the ensuing summer by that mossy covering , which ...
Page 94
... covered , as well as the lowlands of the Yukon , with a most luxuriant growth of grass and flowers . Among the more ... covering for the foot worn by mortal man . Grain has never been sown on a large scale in the Yukon territory . Barley ...
... covered , as well as the lowlands of the Yukon , with a most luxuriant growth of grass and flowers . Among the more ... covering for the foot worn by mortal man . Grain has never been sown on a large scale in the Yukon territory . Barley ...
Page 95
... covered with leaves , they undergo a slight fermentation , and freeze solid when cold weather comes . In this state they may be kept indefinitely ; and a more delicious dish than a plateful of these berries , not so thoroughly melted as ...
... covered with leaves , they undergo a slight fermentation , and freeze solid when cold weather comes . In this state they may be kept indefinitely ; and a more delicious dish than a plateful of these berries , not so thoroughly melted as ...
Common terms and phrases
Alaska Aleutian Islands Aleuts Alexander Archipelago Aliaska Peninsula AMERICAN SCHOONER animals Arctic Atkha August Baranof beach Bering Island Bering Sea boats breeding British Columbia Canadian canoes Cape Captain catch chief coast collector Commander Islands Cooks Inlet Copper Island customs Department district east Eskimo feet females fish fur seals Government hunters hunting Indians inhabitants July Kadiak Kamchatka killed Kuskokvim land large number latitude latter longitude males miles mountains natives nearly North Rookery number of seals observed officers pelagic sealing port present Pribilof Islands pups Reef region River rookery Russian Russian-American Company salmon San Francisco SCHOONER sea otter sealers season settlement shamans Shelikhof ship shore Sitka skins Sound spears squid station steamer Stikine Stikine River Strait Territory Thlinket tion Total trade Treasury tribes Unalaska United vessel vicinity Victoria village weather whale whole winter Wrangell Yukon Zapadnie
Popular passages
Page 295 - 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...
Page 89 - The inhabitants of the ceded territory, according to their choice, reserving their natural allegiance, may return to Russia within three years; but if they should prefer to remain in the ceded territory, they, with the exception of uncivilized native tribes, shall be admitted to the enjoyment of all the rights, advantages and immunities of citizens of the United States, and shall be maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property and religion.
Page 47 - ... 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...
Page 89 - ... shall be admitted to the enjoyment of all the rights, advantages, and immunities of citizens of the United States, and shall be maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property, and religion. 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.
Page 47 - ... 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.
Page 47 - That whenever the summit of the mountains which extend in a direction parallel to the coast from the...
Page 61 - Parties agree that the navigation of all navigable boundary waters shall forever continue free and open for the purposes of commerce to the inhabitants and to the ships, vessels, and boats of both countries equally, subject, however, to any laws and regulations of either country, within its own territory, not inconsistent with such privilege of free navigation and applying equally and without discrimination to the inhabitants, ships, vessels, and boats of both countries.
Page 295 - ... 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...
Page 128 - That if any person or persons shall, after the passing of this act, take possession of, or make a settlement on any lands ceded or secured to the United States, by any treaty made with a foreign nation, or by a cession from any State to the United States...
Page 47 - Russias agrees to cede to the United States, by this convention, immediately upon the exchange of the ratifications thereof, all the territory and dominion now possessed by his said Majesty on the continent of America and in the adjacent islands, the...