. Alaska and its resources. Looking out of Nowikakat Harbor. through the numerous islands, of the opposite shore and theYukon Mountains in the distance. The feathery willows andlight poplars bend over and are reflected in the dark water,unmixed as yet with Yukon mud ; every island and hillside isclothed in the delicate green of spring, and luxuriates in a densityof foliage remarkable in such a latitude. The village appeared to be a mere collection of huts, temporarylodges, and tents ; one or two winter houses seemed as if longdeserted and rapidly going to decay. All these were crowdedtogether
. Alaska and its resources. Looking out of Nowikakat Harbor. through the numerous islands, of the opposite shore and theYukon Mountains in the distance. The feathery willows andlight poplars bend over and are reflected in the dark water,unmixed as yet with Yukon mud ; every island and hillside isclothed in the delicate green of spring, and luxuriates in a densityof foliage remarkable in such a latitude. The village appeared to be a mere collection of huts, temporarylodges, and tents ; one or two winter houses seemed as if longdeserted and rapidly going to decay. All these were crowdedtogether on a low bank, from which the willows seemed to havebeen recently cut away. The shore was absolutely covered with 88 THE YUKON TERRITORY. birch canoes. The dress of the Indians was similar to tlieKoyukun, already described; but a few specimens of fine bead-vvork and fringed hunting-shirts showed the effect of Englishintercourse. The guns were all English single-barrelled flint-locks, while the Koyukuns are provided with dou
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