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[Page 2] probably return to St. Michael and take on a fresh supply of coal and nine months' provisions, and go north again prepared to winter in case we should get caught in the north of Bering Strait. A few miles to the north of Plover Bay some 13 or 14 canoe loads of natives came out to trade...
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ftunivpacificmsl:oai:scholarlycommons.pacific.edu:jmcl-43791 2023-06-11T04:10:40+02:00 1881 July 4 JM to Louie p1b Muir, John 1881-07-04T07:52:58Z image/jpeg https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmcl/18856 https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/context/jmcl/article/43791/type/native/viewcontent/fullsize.jpg eng eng Scholarly Commons https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmcl/18856 https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/context/jmcl/article/43791/type/native/viewcontent/fullsize.jpg The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust. To purchase copies of images and/or obtain permission to publish or exhibit them, see http://www.pacific.edu/Library/Find/Holt-Atherton-Special-Collections/Fees-and-Forms-.html John Muir Correspondence John Muir correspondence letters author writing naturalist California correspondent mail message post exchange of letters missive notes epistle text 1881 ftunivpacificmsl 2023-05-06T22:57:19Z [Page 2] probably return to St. Michael and take on a fresh supply of coal and nine months' provisions, and go north again prepared to winter in case we should get caught in the north of Bering Strait. A few miles to the north of Plover Bay some 13 or 14 canoe loads of natives came out to trade; more than a hundred of them were aboard at once, making a very lively picture. When we proceeded on our way they allowed us to tow them for a mile or two in order to take advantage of the northerly current in going back to their village. They were dragged along, five or six canoes on each side, making the Corwin look like a mother field-mouse with a big family hanging to her teats, one of the first country sights that filled me with astonishment when a boy. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmcl/43791/thumbnail.jpg Text Bering Strait University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law: Scholarly Commons Bering Strait Plover Bay ENVELOPE(-55.731,-55.731,51.150,51.150) St Michael ENVELOPE(58.492,58.492,-67.195,-67.195) |
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[Page 2] probably return to St. Michael and take on a fresh supply of coal and nine months' provisions, and go north again prepared to winter in case we should get caught in the north of Bering Strait. A few miles to the north of Plover Bay some 13 or 14 canoe loads of natives came out to trade; more than a hundred of them were aboard at once, making a very lively picture. When we proceeded on our way they allowed us to tow them for a mile or two in order to take advantage of the northerly current in going back to their village. They were dragged along, five or six canoes on each side, making the Corwin look like a mother field-mouse with a big family hanging to her teats, one of the first country sights that filled me with astonishment when a boy. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmcl/43791/thumbnail.jpg |
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