Travel and Adventure in the Territory of Alaska, Formerly Russian America--Now Ceded to the United States--And in Various Other Parts of the North Pacific
Travel and Adventure in the Territory of Alaska, Formerly Russian America--Now Ceded to the United States--And in Various Other Parts of the North Pacific
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1869 edition. Excerpt: ... at this village; both days being very gusty and stormy. Old " Stareek " harangued his neighbors by the hour together, and they brought us a fair amount of supplies. The poor old man--probably the " oldest inhabitant" of this district--with his shrivelled form, wrinkled face, long scattered hair, stubbly chin, ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1869 edition. Excerpt: ... at this village; both days being very gusty and stormy. Old " Stareek " harangued his neighbors by the hour together, and they brought us a fair amount of supplies. The poor old man--probably the " oldest inhabitant" of this district--with his shrivelled form, wrinkled face, long scattered hair, stubbly chin, and toothless mouth, wagging about in the most uncertain and eccentric manner, was a pitiable object; but we made his ancient heart rejoice by presenting him with cotton-drill, powder, and balls. Our teams, passing and repassing, would have to halt at this village constantly during winter. In " Stareek's " house several of the Indians slept on shelves or benches built round the walls, and by this means four or five families were packed into one room. When camped at Travel On The Yukon. 191 these places, aftertaking our own meals, we invariably filled up the tea-kettle, and handed round to each of those natives who had done us any service a cup of weak tea, with a little broken biscuit floating on the top of it. Some of them have acquired from the Russians a taste for tea, but more especially for sugar. As these things were not articles of trade at the Russian Fur Company's posts, they rarely got a taste of either; nor do I believe that tea, per se, was much cared for by them, but that they simply liked it when hot and sweet. We started up the Yukon on the 14th. An occasional patch of open water, running perhaps at the rate of three knots an hour, alone showed us that it was a river at all, and the dreary expanse of snow almost made us forget that we were on a sheet of ice. The river winds considerably, and our course was often, therefore, from one point of land to another. We several times crossed from bank to bank to cut off corners and...
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