. Shores and Alps of Alaska . ns anda theory of the migrations of the different tribesare set forth in Petroffs Eeport on Alaska(1880). Roughly speaking, the mouth of theCopper River is the spot which has been the limitor point of junction of the Indian races whichbelong to the South, to the North, and to the East. In January the sea-lions enter the sound, andin May the fur-seals latter remain a week ortwo, occasionally shifting theirground before disappearing un-til the following year. Whencethey come and whither theygo is a mystery unknown evento the Indians. Perchance theFur
. Shores and Alps of Alaska . ns anda theory of the migrations of the different tribesare set forth in Petroffs Eeport on Alaska(1880). Roughly speaking, the mouth of theCopper River is the spot which has been the limitor point of junction of the Indian races whichbelong to the South, to the North, and to the East. In January the sea-lions enter the sound, andin May the fur-seals latter remain a week ortwo, occasionally shifting theirground before disappearing un-til the following year. Whencethey come and whither theygo is a mystery unknown evento the Indians. Perchance theFur Seal Islands is their next Tux/A^M .*ocr 9& In September and October swarms of ducks andgeese enter the bays and inlets of the of these wild geese, lately captured by someIndians, are now feeding round the house like thecommon or domestic goose, being dark brownbirds, with a white band on the head. In PrinceWilliam Sound any quantity of salmon can bespeared or netted the whole summer through, but. 196 SHORES AND ALPS OF ALASKA. so improvident are the natives that they havefrequently omitted to dry sufficient salmon, orturn it into eukla, for the winters consumption,and have been dependent for food upon the and goats are killed all the year round onthe mainland, the latter principally in the winter,when the snow drives them down to the sea-level.
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