A great Russian moved under inspiration when he sent Vitus Behring out to discover and explore the continent lying to the eastward; two great Americans—Seward and Sumner—were inspired when, nearly a century and a half later, they saved for us, in the face of the bitterest opposition, scorn, and ridicule, the country that Behring discovered and which is now coming to be recognized as the most glorious possession of any people; but, first of all, were the gentle, dark-eyed Aleuts inspired when they bestowed upon this same country—with the simplicity and dignified repression for which their character is noted—the beautiful and poetic name which means "the great country."
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
Alexander Baranoff [Frontispiece]
FACING PAGE
Alaska (colored map) [1]
Copper Smelter in Southeastern Alaska [2]
Kasa-an [9]
Howkan [16]
Distant View of Davidson Glacier [21]
Davidson Glacier [36]
A Phantom Ship [41]
Road through Cut-off Canyon [48]
Scene on the White Pass [53]
Steel Cantilever Bridge, near Summit of White Pass [68]
Old Russian Building, Sitka [73]
Greek-Russian Church at Sitka [80]
Eskimo in Walrus-skin Kamelayka [101]
Eskimo in Bidarka [116]
Railroad Construction, Eyak Lake [121]
Eyak Lake, near Cordova [128]
Indian Houses, Cordova [133]
Valdez [148]
An Alaskan Road House [153]
Kow-Ear-Nuk and his Drying Salmon [160]
Steamer "Resolute" [165]
"Obleuk," an Eskimo Girl in Parka [180]
A Northern Madonna [185]
Eskimo Lad in Parka and Mukluks [192]
Scales and Summit of Chilkoot Pass in 1898 [197]
Summit of Chilkoot Pass in 1898 [212]
Pine Falls, Atlin [229]
Lake Bennett in 1898 [244]
White Horse, Yukon Territory [249]
Grand Canyon of the Yukon [256]
White Horse Rapids [261]
White Horse Rapids in Winter [276]
Steamer "White Horse" in Five-Finger Rapids [293]
A Yukon Snow Scene near White Horse [308]
A Home in the Yukon [325]
One and a Half Millions of Klondike Gold [340]
A Famous Team of Huskies [357]
Cloud Effect on the Yukon [372]
"Wolf" [389]
Dog-team Express, Nome [404]
Four Beauties of Cape Prince of Wales with Sled Reindeer of the American Missionary Herd [421]
Council City and Solomon River Railroad—A Characteristic Landscape of Seward Peninsula [436]
Teller [453]
Family of King's Island Eskimos living under Skin Boat, Nome [468]
Wreck of "Jessie," Nome Beach [485]
Sunrise on Behring Sea [500]
Surf at Nome [505]
Moonlight on Behring Sea [512]
ALASKA
THE GREAT COUNTRY
WILLIAMS ENGRAVING CO., N.Y.
Alaska