from freezing, 61, 66, 68
cleanliness, 86
altitude, effect of, 204
greatest cold, effect of, 206
fluctuations, 212
confinement, 215
effect on cameras and films, 372, 374
on emulsions, 376, 377
and auroras, 381
high, 301
effect on dirt roof, 346
on Yukon River, 347
Thermos bottle, 261
Toboggan, 13, 37, 38, 46, 89
Topkok, 117
Town crier, 278
Tozitna, 209, 213
Trader: anti-monopolist, 241
profits, 334
missions, 258
articles sold to Indians, 361
Trading monopoly, 144
Trail: river, 2, 13, 37
dry and wet, 7
mountain, 10, 38
width, 15
lost, 18, 19, 67, 104, 320
blazed, 26
wind-swept, 40
in snow, 72, 138
breaking, 74, 75
exchange, 75
with hard crust, 109
telephone, 118
effect of horses on, 149, 150
cutting, 176
making, 198
always serpentine, 198
staked, 198, 210
widening, 202
stage, 254
double tripping, 298
in soft snow, 301
swampy, 332
Yukon, 336
in gale, 340
"sidling," 341
at night, 344
in thaw, 346, 347
found by aurora, 384
Tsormina, 308
Tuberculosis, 359, 360
Twelve-Mile Summit, 9
Unalaklik, 132
Walter, 314, 321, 336, 341
Whiskey, 153, 222, 363
White, John, 121
Wind: protection against, 35
different local velocities, 37
physical labour, 46
in extreme cold, 57
as a malignant spirit, 112
high velocities, 219
in The Ramparts, 338
Wiseman, 47
Wolf, 395
Yukon, 12, 139, 153, 219, 336, 351
Flats, 12, 13, 343
Fort, 21, 22, 24, 350
[Illustration: MAP OF THE INTERIOR OF ALASKA, SHOWING JOURNEYS DESCRIBED
IN THIS BOOK]
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Transcriber's Notes:
Obvious punctuation errors repaired.
Page 77, "Bergundy" changed to "Burgundy" (of Burgundy, with)
Page 97, "rouch" changed to "rough" (over the rough ice)
Page 306, sidenote "MINCHUMINA" changed to MINCHUMINA" (THE MINCHUMINA
FOLK)
Page 334, "Iditerod" changed to "Iditarod" (Iditarod, now a whole)
Page 361, "satteens" changed to "sateens" (velvets and sateens)
Page 418, "Minchumina" changed to "Minchumina" (Minchumina, 307, 308)
Page 420, "Unalaklik" changed to "Unalaklik" (Unalaklik, 132)
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