. Alaska ... Natural history; Scientific expeditions. 156 GRINNELL and neither man, woman, nor child turned eyes toward the company of strange white people which crowded into the church behind them. Their sawmill, salmon cannery, and four stores give the community a comfortable support. Among the men are blacksmiths, carpenters, shoemakers, tailors, and other handicraftsmen. They have built their own houses, their church, their school-house,guest-house,and council-house. Some of the dwellings are two stories and a half in height, comfortable in appearance, and neatly kept. At Juneau a few Indi
. Alaska ... Natural history; Scientific expeditions. 156 GRINNELL and neither man, woman, nor child turned eyes toward the company of strange white people which crowded into the church behind them. Their sawmill, salmon cannery, and four stores give the community a comfortable support. Among the men are blacksmiths, carpenters, shoemakers, tailors, and other handicraftsmen. They have built their own houses, their church, their school-house,guest-house,and council-house. Some of the dwellings are two stories and a half in height, comfortable in appearance, and neatly kept. At Juneau a few Indians were seen, chiefly men in their canoes starting out for the fishing, or women sitting on the wharves offering their bas- kets and other simple articles made for trade. At Sitka, however, the Indians were more numerous. Here III! we had an opportunity not only to see something of the Indians and of how they lived in their old-time way, but also to examine the Shel- don Jackson Museum, and in some of the stores, a great deal of material in the way of the primitive implements which are now practically discarded. When the Russians reached the place where Sitka now stands they found a camp of. CARVED DANCING Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Harriman Alaska Expedition (1899); Harriman, Edward Henry, 1848-1909; Merriam, C. Hart (Clinton Hart), 1855-1942; Washington Academy of Sciences (Washington, D. C. ). New York, Doubleday, Page & Company
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