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At the Foot of the Chilkoot Pass
ALONG
Alaska's Great River
A POPULAR ACCOUNT OF THE TRAVELS OF AN ALASKAEXPLORING EXPEDITION ALONG THE GREATYUKON RIVER, FROM ITS SOURCE TO ITSMOUTH, IN THE BRITISH NORTH-WESTTERRITORY, AND INTHE TERRITORY OFALASKA.
BY
FREDERICK SCHWATKA,
LAUREATE OF THE PARIS GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY AND OF THE IMPERIALGEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY OF RUSSIA; HONORARY MEMBERBREMEN GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY, ETC., ETC., COMMANDEROF THE EXPEDITION.
Together with the Latest Information on theKlondike Country.
FULLY ILLUSTRATED.
CHICAGO NEW YORK
George M. Hill Company
MDCCCC
Copyright, 1898,
Geo. M. Hill Co.
PREFACE.
These pages narrate the travels, in a popular sense, ofan Alaskan exploring expedition. The expedition wasorganized with seven members at Vancouver Barracks,Washington, and left Portland, Oregon, ascending throughthe inland passage to Alaska, as far as the Chilkat country.At that point the party employed over three score of theChilkat Indians, the hardy inhabitants of that ice-boundcountry, to pack its effects across the glacier-clad pass of theAlaskan coast range of mountains to the headwaters of theYukon. Here a large raft was constructed, and on this primitivecraft, sailing through nearly a hundred and fifty milesof lakes, and shooting a number of rapids, the party floatedalong the great stream for over thirteen hundred miles; thelongest raft journey ever made on behalf of geographicalscience. The entire river, over two thousand miles, wastraversed, the party returning home by Bering Sea, andtouching the Aleutian Islands.
The opening up of the great gold fields in the region ofthe upper Yukon, has added especial interest to everythingpertaining to the great North-west. The Klondike region isthe cynosure of the eyes of all, whether they be in the clutchesof the gold fever or not. The geography, the climate, thescenery, the birds, beasts, and even flowers of the countrymake fascinating subjects. In view of the new discoveries[Pg 4]in that part of the world, a new chapter, Chapter XIII, isgiven up to a detailed description of the Klondike region.The numerous routes by which it may be reached aredescribed, and all the details as to the possibilities andresources of the country are authoritatively stated.
Chicago, March, 1898.
CONTENTS.
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| I. | Introductory | ... BU KİTABI OKUMAK İÇİN ÜYE OLUN VEYA GİRİŞ YAPIN!Sitemize Üyelik ÜCRETSİZDİR! |