WITH SACK AND STOCKIN ALASKA
PRINTED BY
SPOTTISWOODE AND CO., NEW-STREET SQUARE
LONDON
WITH SACK AND STOCK
IN ALASKA
BY
GEORGE BROKE, A.C., F.R.G.S.
LONDON
LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO.
AND NEW YORK: 15 EAST 16th STREET
1891
All rights reserved
Dedicated
TO THE MEMORY OF
A⸺ M⸺
KILLED ON THE DÜSSISTOCK
AUGUST 16, 1890
The publishing of these simple notes is due tothe wishes of one who is now no more. Butfor this they would probably have never seenthe light, and I feel therefore that less apologyis needed for their crudeness and ‘diariness’than would otherwise have been the case.
G. B.
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| CHAPTER I LONDON TO SITKA | ||
| The summons—Across the Atlantic in the ‘Polynesian’—A deceitful car-conductor—The C.P.R.—At Victoria—On the ‘Ancon’—Fort Wrangel—Juneau—Sitka | 1 | |
| CHAPTER II SITKA TO YAKUTAT | ||
| The town—Ascent of Sha-klokh—Expedition to Edgcumbe—Dick’s dismissal—Enlisting recruits—Ascent of Verstovia—Arrival of W.—On board the ‘Alpha’—Miserable weather—Run ashore at Yakutat | 20 | |
| CHAPTER III OPENING APPROACHES | ||
| Getting canoes and men—A false start—Icy Bay—Torrents of rain—On march—The Yahkhtze-tah-heen—A wet camp—More wading—Our forces—Camp on the glacier—Across the ice—The Chaix Hills | 37 | |
| [x]CHAPTER IV AN ATTACK AND A COUNTERMARCH | ||
| A long lie—Men return to the beach—We make a cache—Shifting camp—The Libbey Glacier—The south-east face of St. Elias—Right-about-turn—Lake Castani—The Guyot Glacier—Reappearance of the men—Wild-geese for supper | 61 | |
| CHAPTER V FURTHER ADVANCE AND MY RETREAT | ||
| Across the Tyndall Glacier—Ptarmigan—Another bear—The Daisy and Coal Glaciers—A catastrophe—The others go on—Alone with Billy and Jimmy—More geese—The blue bear—Marmot hunting | 81 | |
| CHAPTER VI BACK TO THE SHORE | ||
| Ptarmigan with a revolver—Back to Camp G—The others return—Their narrative—The men turn ... BU KİTABI OKUMAK İÇİN ÜYE OLUN VEYA GİRİŞ YAPIN!Sitemize Üyelik ÜCRETSİZDİR! | ||