Alaska and the Klondike gold fields : containing a full account of the discovery of gold; enormous deposits of the precious metal; routes traversed by miners; ... . -ears, the. SCENE IN SOUTHERN ALASKA. ice reached as far as Bartletts Bay. About 1860 it was in line withWilloughby Island. The Indians say that long, long ago the gla-cier advanced and swept away a cit\ on the sands at the base of themountains, where the Beardsley Islands now rise. They say itcame down in a day and did not go away in ten years, and tell howthe ice floods descended, ploughed up the fields, destroyed theirhouses, as
Alaska and the Klondike gold fields : containing a full account of the discovery of gold; enormous deposits of the precious metal; routes traversed by miners; ... . -ears, the. SCENE IN SOUTHERN ALASKA. ice reached as far as Bartletts Bay. About 1860 it was in line withWilloughby Island. The Indians say that long, long ago the gla-cier advanced and swept away a cit\ on the sands at the base of themountains, where the Beardsley Islands now rise. They say itcame down in a day and did not go away in ten years, and tell howthe ice floods descended, ploughed up the fields, destroyed theirhouses, as the Corner glacier once devastated its valley. A LAND OF WONDERS. 20^ Again they say, a great wave rushed in from the ocean, sweptaway the village near Bartletts Bay, mowed down the trees withicebergs, and left no living thing. They say further that aglacier once crept down and damned up their best salmonstream. Two slaves were then offered up to the evil god thatcaused the mischief. Tell Legends as Facts. Legends like these, told as positive fact, coupled with oddways of thought and dress and action, make the Indians aninteresting study. They seem in a sense fitting d
Size: 1485px × 1682px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890, bookpublisherchica, bookyear1897
