Chapter 17

65,180Mountain: sunshine,61temperature,61Mukluk,7,19,86Mush,200,214Nanook,200,232,233,234,235,236,237,238,240Natural religion,58,191,267Nelson,161,162Nenana,244,245Nicoli's Village,322Noatak,90Nome,120,122,123Northern Commercial Company,241Norton: Bay,127Sound,117Nose protection,87,145Noyutak Lake,76Nulato,48,140massacre,142,143Old Woman Mountain,135One-eyed William,172,173,174Overflow: water,6,7,27,37ice,9Paraselene,57Parkee,35,71Peary, Admiral,393Pedometer,73Petersen,114,115Photographing,241,242Photography,371-379Place names,326Point Hope,3,56,97,99,100Potatoes,229Potlatch,310,353Prevost, Jules,154Prices,324,327,362trading,362,396,407Prospectors: in winter,78and Esquimaux,88pinching out,92ruined,146self-reliance,161,162poet,322imagination,326knowledge of Bible,328dogs,399visions,409railways,410Ptarmigan,325Quikpak River,153Raft,256Ragarou, Fr.,147Railroads,410,411Rampart City,221,222,223,338,339Rasmunsen,392Reading matter,77,205,324,325,336Red Mountain,176Reindeer,119,120,402,405,407,409Roadhouse accommodation,34,324gambling,128keepers of,132talk,289poet,321,322reading matter,324,325Arctic travel reminiscences,335Roxy,70,71,72,87,91,96,101Russian Alaska,142,143: Church of,cf.Greek ChurchSaint John's-in-the-Wilderness,188,195Salchaket,254Scientists,269,270Seasons,230Seward Peninsula,109,111,112,113Signal corps,135,136,137,220Sishwóymina,309Siwashing,41,67,138,392,394Slate Creek,46Sled: width,110brake,113overturning,113,114improvised,164in soft snow,166use of willow saplings,167,179gee pole,220convertible rig,275unpacking,345harness,397team,397weight carried,398dog rations, load,405Sleeping bag,104,105Smoke,54Snow banners,39melting,42glasses,145,146blindness,146,147,148,290Snow-shoes,7,346Society of Friends,99Solar: light, effect on speed-shutters,374phenomena,15,16,31,39,45,57,73,74,90,103,211Solomon's,126Speed,17,20,60,75,91,96,97,110,130,198,199,299,337Squirrel River,93,94,95Starvation,184,185Stefanson,88,268,269Summit,11Takotna,323Tanana,150,151,152,216,217,255,256,258,271,273,274,337,369River,155,255,256Tapis,271Telegraph system,136Temperature: low, travel,14animal life,16in river bottoms,19,50,61effect on lamps,34on parts of the body,36on log huts,37condensation,53smoke,54clear weather,55wind,57emotional power,59death from freezing,61,66,68cleanliness,86altitude, effect of,204greatest cold, effect of,206fluctuations,212confinement,215effect on cameras and films,372,374on emulsions,376,377and auroras,381high,301effect on dirt roof,346on Yukon River,347Thermos bottle,261Toboggan,13,37,38,46,89Topkok,117Town crier,278Tozitna,209,213Trader: anti-monopolist,241profits,334missions,258articles sold to Indians,361Trading monopoly,144Trail: river,2,13,37dry and wet,7mountain,10,38width,15lost,18,19,67,104,320blazed,26wind-swept,40in snow,72,138breaking,74,75exchange,75with hard crust,109telephone,118effect of horses on,149,150cutting,176making,198always serpentine,198staked,198,210widening,202stage,254double tripping,298in soft snow,301swampy,332Yukon,336in gale,340"sidling," 341at night,344in thaw,346,347found by aurora,384Tsórmina,308Tuberculosis,359,360Twelve-Mile Summit,9Unalaklík,132Walter,314,321,336,341Whiskey,153,222,363White, John,121Wind: protection against,35different local velocities,37physical labour,46in extreme cold,57as a malignant spirit,112high velocities,219in The Ramparts,338Wiseman,47Wolf,395Yukon,12,139,153,219,336,351Flats,12,13,343Fort,21,22,24,350


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