October-December 1879, First Alaska Trip with S. Hall Young Image 8

• Main Author: Muir, John
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Scholarly Commons 1879
• Subjects: John Muir; journals; drawings; writings; travel; journaling; naturalist; Indian; One Tree Islet; Tree Islet; Wrangel Island; Alaska
• Online Access: https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmj-all/1609; https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/context/jmj-all/article/2608/type/native/viewcontent

Island there are eight carved posts, bold and intricate in design, and well executed, but not so massive as those of the Stickeens. The bear, porpoise, salmon, crow and eagle are the chief totems. Some have three cavities mortised into the back of the pillars for the reception of bones and ashes and...