. Wonderland, or, The Pacific Northwest and Alaska : with a description of the country traversed by the Northern Pacific Railroad . h AmericanContinent, and in Mount Cook, Mount Crillon and Mount Fairweather peaksexceeded in height only by Mount Popocatapetl and Mount Orizaba, inMexico; that its great river, the Yukon, computed to be not less than 3,000miles long, is navigable for a distance of 2,000 miles, is from one mile tofive miles in breadth for no less than 1,000 miles of its course, and is seventymiles wide across its five mouths and the intervening deltas; and that, whilethe climate o
. Wonderland, or, The Pacific Northwest and Alaska : with a description of the country traversed by the Northern Pacific Railroad . h AmericanContinent, and in Mount Cook, Mount Crillon and Mount Fairweather peaksexceeded in height only by Mount Popocatapetl and Mount Orizaba, inMexico; that its great river, the Yukon, computed to be not less than 3,000miles long, is navigable for a distance of 2,000 miles, is from one mile tofive miles in breadth for no less than 1,000 miles of its course, and is seventymiles wide across its five mouths and the intervening deltas; and that, whilethe climate of the interior is Arctic in the severity of its winter and tropical inthe heat of its summer, that of the immense southern coast, with its thousandsof islands, is one of the most equable in the world, by reason of the Kuro-siwo,or Japan current, a thermal stream which renders the entire North PacificCoast, even in this high latitude, warm and humid. Only four times in forty-five years has the temperature at Sitka fallen to zero, while only seven summersin that same period have been marked by a higher temperature than 80^ (78) WONDERLAND. 79 The influence of moisture in regulating temperature is too well known to callfor any further remarks under this head, and the facts above given are statedonly that they may help to dispel from the non-scientific mind the erroneousnotions relative to the climate of this great territory, that so largely prevail. With the exception of the Tinneh, a tribe which has forced its way to thecoast from the interior, the natives of Alaska are not Indians. Their traditions,manners, customs and other race characteristics prove them to belong to theMongolian branch of the great human family. Between their racial and tribal des-ignations, the visitor, who hears of Thlinkets, Hydahs, Chilkats, Auks, Sitkansand many others, is liable to get somewhat confused. It may, therefore, be notonly interesting but otherwise of advantage to him to know beforehand
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