Alaska Glaciers. An Ounalaska Yosemite. Glacial Theology and Sermons in Ice. The Rocks, Plants and Trees of Alaska. (Correspondence of the Bulletin.) Fort Wrangel, Alaska, September 5, 1879.

Muir accompanied Presbyterian missionaries on a chartered steamer to visit the Chilcat Indian country; however, mechanical difficulty forced their slow, early return. When deck hands went ashore for fresh water, Muir seized the opportunity to pursue his study of the plants and trees. After exploring...

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Published: San Francisco Daily Evening Bulletin, Sept. 23, 1879 1879
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glaciers
Alaska
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spelling ftunivpacific:oai:cdm16745.contentdm.oclc.org:p16745coll2/1262 2023-05-15T16:22:35+02:00 Alaska Glaciers. An Ounalaska Yosemite. Glacial Theology and Sermons in Ice. The Rocks, Plants and Trees of Alaska. (Correspondence of the Bulletin.) Fort Wrangel, Alaska, September 5, 1879. 1879-09-23 http://cdm16745.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16745coll2/id/1262 unknown San Francisco Daily Evening Bulletin, Sept. 23, 1879 See also: no. 175, v. 1, pp. 210-212; no. 333, pp. 56-62; no. 341, v. 3, pp. 70-78 1879 ftunivpacific 2016-07-27T10:19:38Z Muir accompanied Presbyterian missionaries on a chartered steamer to visit the Chilcat Indian country; however, mechanical difficulty forced their slow, early return. When deck hands went ashore for fresh water, Muir seized the opportunity to pursue his study of the plants and trees. After exploring the forest, Muir writes: "" . as the twilight began to fall I sat down on the mossy instep of a spruce. Not a bush or a tree was moving, every leaf seemed hushed in brooding repose. One bird, a thrush, sang, lancing the silence with his cheery notes . How strange seem these untamed woods. Nevertheless, they are found necessarily and eternally familiar. Go where we will, all over the world, we seem to have been there before."" Other/Unknown Material glaciers Alaska University of the Pacific: Holt-Atherton Special Collections Indian
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description Muir accompanied Presbyterian missionaries on a chartered steamer to visit the Chilcat Indian country; however, mechanical difficulty forced their slow, early return. When deck hands went ashore for fresh water, Muir seized the opportunity to pursue his study of the plants and trees. After exploring the forest, Muir writes: "" . as the twilight began to fall I sat down on the mossy instep of a spruce. Not a bush or a tree was moving, every leaf seemed hushed in brooding repose. One bird, a thrush, sang, lancing the silence with his cheery notes . How strange seem these untamed woods. Nevertheless, they are found necessarily and eternally familiar. Go where we will, all over the world, we seem to have been there before.""
title Alaska Glaciers. An Ounalaska Yosemite. Glacial Theology and Sermons in Ice. The Rocks, Plants and Trees of Alaska. (Correspondence of the Bulletin.) Fort Wrangel, Alaska, September 5, 1879.
spellingShingle Alaska Glaciers. An Ounalaska Yosemite. Glacial Theology and Sermons in Ice. The Rocks, Plants and Trees of Alaska. (Correspondence of the Bulletin.) Fort Wrangel, Alaska, September 5, 1879.
title_short Alaska Glaciers. An Ounalaska Yosemite. Glacial Theology and Sermons in Ice. The Rocks, Plants and Trees of Alaska. (Correspondence of the Bulletin.) Fort Wrangel, Alaska, September 5, 1879.
title_full Alaska Glaciers. An Ounalaska Yosemite. Glacial Theology and Sermons in Ice. The Rocks, Plants and Trees of Alaska. (Correspondence of the Bulletin.) Fort Wrangel, Alaska, September 5, 1879.
title_fullStr Alaska Glaciers. An Ounalaska Yosemite. Glacial Theology and Sermons in Ice. The Rocks, Plants and Trees of Alaska. (Correspondence of the Bulletin.) Fort Wrangel, Alaska, September 5, 1879.
title_full_unstemmed Alaska Glaciers. An Ounalaska Yosemite. Glacial Theology and Sermons in Ice. The Rocks, Plants and Trees of Alaska. (Correspondence of the Bulletin.) Fort Wrangel, Alaska, September 5, 1879.
title_sort alaska glaciers. an ounalaska yosemite. glacial theology and sermons in ice. the rocks, plants and trees of alaska. (correspondence of the bulletin.) fort wrangel, alaska, september 5, 1879.
publisher San Francisco Daily Evening Bulletin, Sept. 23, 1879
publishDate 1879
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Alaska
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op_relation See also: no. 175, v. 1, pp. 210-212; no. 333, pp. 56-62; no. 341, v. 3, pp. 70-78
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