June-July 1899, Harriman Expedition to Alaska, Part II Image 48
and gong. At lecture on Tomali land by Eliot he was cheered and greeted with cries of What’s the matter with Eliot, he’s all right; who’s all right, etc. to his astonishment. Interesting result of ice action. [Sketch: 3rd E. of Yak gl 1 ½ ms front 4 ms E. of 2nd] I got a view of the island-blocked e...
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| Summary: | and gong. At lecture on Tomali land by Eliot he was cheered and greeted with cries of What’s the matter with Eliot, he’s all right; who’s all right, etc. to his astonishment. Interesting result of ice action. [Sketch: 3rd E. of Yak gl 1 ½ ms front 4 ms E. of 2nd] I got a view of the island-blocked entrance to Taylor Bay and thought of my wild storm day there and on the [glacier] with Stickine; also of my stormy tossing on the waves of Cross Sound in my canoe. [July] 25. Arrived at Juneau at 4 this morning. The town quiet, miners all away getting gold or trying to get it, mostly for poor or vicious uses. Wonderful wealth of forest on the steep [mountains]. At 12:30 we are starting for Douglas city for coal. All along the Fairweather range there is an outlying mass of moraine material, much of it stratified, almost continuous, more or less tree-clad, enclosing lagoons. Some hills of it 1000 feet high or more. [Indian] settlement of Thlinkets said to be many https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmj-all/3705/thumbnail.jpg |
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