. Alaska ... Natural history; Scientific expeditions. I40 GRINNELL to be packed away. In this condition they will keep in- definitely. Besides the fish that they catch, the Indians do much hunting in the mountains and on the islands along the coast. Deer are abundant, and great numbers of them are killed at all seasons of the year. In winter, the na- tive steals along in his canoe, close to the shore, looking for deer that have ventured out of the forest to feed on the seaweed and the grass along the beach. Very ?-, quietly he slips up to the game, and when near enough, kills it by a shot from
. Alaska ... Natural history; Scientific expeditions. I40 GRINNELL to be packed away. In this condition they will keep in- definitely. Besides the fish that they catch, the Indians do much hunting in the mountains and on the islands along the coast. Deer are abundant, and great numbers of them are killed at all seasons of the year. In winter, the na- tive steals along in his canoe, close to the shore, looking for deer that have ventured out of the forest to feed on the seaweed and the grass along the beach. Very ?-, quietly he slips up to the game, and when near enough, kills it by a shot from his rifle. Many ~ of the men are good hunters TLINKIT CANOE, <_! ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^^ SOUTHEAST ALASKA. ^3" the great brown Sitka bear, which is larger than the grizzly and quite as much dis- posed to fight. On the Alaska coast the water is the common highway. Away from the settlements there are no roads nor trails, for the many wide inlets and rivers which run back into the mountains at frequent intervals prevent land travel up and down the coast. The Indians make all their journeys by canoes, and in the handling of these they are most ex- pert. A child is scarcely out of its cradle before a tiny paddle is thrust into its fist. Infants not more than three or four years old may be seen paddling for hours at a stretch. Thus trained from childhood, these Indians are enormously strong in their arms and hands, and can ac- complish a wonderful amount of work of this kind with- out showing fatigue. The upper part of the body is much more robust than in the Indians of the Plains, Different types of canoes are in use in different locali- ties. All the sea travel is done by means of paddles, but in ascending rivers where the current is too swift to be. 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
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