. Alaska and the Klondike. nsportation and Tradingcompany, which shares the trade and traffic not only of theYukon but of the Alaskan coast. St. Michael was occupied in 1835 by the Russians, whoestablished there a military and trading post for the pur-pose of carrying on the fur trade with the Indians of thelower Yukon country. They fortified the place. Some ofthe old Russian storehouses are still standing, having beenincorporated into the long row of office buildings andstorehouses now used by the Northern Commercial com-pany. An old, hexagonal blockhouse on the most promi-nent point extendin
. Alaska and the Klondike. nsportation and Tradingcompany, which shares the trade and traffic not only of theYukon but of the Alaskan coast. St. Michael was occupied in 1835 by the Russians, whoestablished there a military and trading post for the pur-pose of carrying on the fur trade with the Indians of thelower Yukon country. They fortified the place. Some ofthe old Russian storehouses are still standing, having beenincorporated into the long row of office buildings andstorehouses now used by the Northern Commercial com-pany. An old, hexagonal blockhouse on the most promi-nent point extending out into the harbour is still the reposi-tory of half a dozen little rusty Russian cannon, whichwere once mounted here and at other places around theharbour. The island is treeless, but covered with a heavygrowth of coarse, red-top grass, moss and vines. CaptainI. N. Hibbard, superintendent of transportation for theNorthern Commercial company, and Captain O. J. Hum-phrey, who occupies a like position for the North Ameri-. Belles of St. Michael 130 ALASKA AND THE KLONDIKE can Transportation and Trading company, entertained thesenatorial party most hospitably during a twenty-four-hourstay. St. Michael Is the shopping-place of the trading companies have large stocks of Indian wares,which can generally be bought as cheaply In the companiesstores as from the natives themselves. Among the bestspecimens of the Indians handicraft are walrus-tusks,carved so as to serve as cribbage boards or as other articlesand decorated with crude but not uninteresting designsin black representing feats in hunting or fishing, variousIndian sports, the native In his klak or the antics of theseal. There are miniature sledges, perfect patterns of thoseIn actual use; miniature klaks and bidarkas, the native seal-skin or walrus-hide boats; seal and bird spears, baskets,masks and a great variety of trinkets carved in walrusivory. There are two small Indian villages on the Island, andthe wo
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