Seventeen Years in Alaska : A Depiction of Life among the Indians of Yakutat.

Intro -- Contents -- Introduction-Mary Ehrlander -- Foreword -- Author's Foreword -- I -- The Childhood Home -- II -- The Journey to Alaska -- III -- Mission Works' Founding -- A First Fruit's Sheaf -- The First Christmas in Alaska -- Victory Spoils from the Mission Field in Alaska -- "The Criers" in Alaska -- IV -- A Dark Chapter -- Professor David Nyvall's Letter to Mellander -- V -- A Magic Man Hears the Gospel -- Practical Work -- An Old Legend -- The Tlingit Indians' Concept of God -- "Whale Killer Feast" -- Totem Poles -- Wedding in Alaska -- At a Funeral -- VI -- A Little Geography -- Alaska's Mountainous Landscape -- Earthquake and Fire-Spewing Mountains -- A Mountain Climb -- Professor David Nyvall's Visit to the Mission Station, Summer 1903 -- Alaska, a Land of Gold -- Alaska's Climate -- Wild Berries -- VII -- Hunting and Fishing in Alaska -- A Bear Story -- The Man Who Shot Many Bears -- An Adventuresome Seal Hunt -- The Tlingit's Yearly Potlatch (Annual Feast) -- VIII -- Sunset in Alaska -- The Northern Lights -- Chief George Naa-kaa-nee -- The Thousand-Year-Old Woman -- Stranded on an Island -- An Adventure at the Hot Springs -- IX -- The Census in Alaska, Year 1900 -- Implementation of the Law in Alaska -- X -- The Fruits of the Mission Work -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index.

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