PREFACE.
In the spring of 1892, a party was made up for a trip to Alaska. The different members thereof were to cross the continent by such routes as they pleased, and meet at Portland, Oregon, on the second of July. This plan was followed, and all the party boarded the steamer Queen at Tacoma, prepared for the journey of a thousand miles up the coast of Alaska.
Some account of this, and also of an excursion to the Yellowstone Park, made on the way westward, is given in the following pages.
CONTENTS.
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I. | [The Start for Alaska], | 11 |
| II. | [On the Way to the Yellowstone], | 13 |
| III. | [Yellowstone Park], | 16 |
| IV. | [The Geysers and Paint Pot], | 18 |
| V. | [The Upper Geyser Basin], | 22 |
| VI. | [The Grand Canyon, and the Falls of the Yellowstone], | 25 |
| VII. | [Down the Columbia River to Portland], | 29 |
| VIII. | [Tacoma and Seattle], | 34 |
| IX. | [On Board the “Queen” from Tacoma to Victoria], | 37 |
| X. | [Alaska], | 41 |
| XI. | [The Muir Glacier], | 43 |
| XII. | [Sitka], | 46 |
| XIII. | [An Accident to the “Queen,”] | 49 |
| XIV. | [Icy Bay, Treadwell, and Juneau], | 53 |
| XV. | [The Return Voyage, and Some Stories told on the Way], | 56 |
| XVI. | [On the Canadian Pacific], | 68 |
| XVII. | [Banff Springs], | 72 |
| XVIII. | [Conclusion]. | 74 |
THE YELLOWSTONE PARK AND ALASKA