Travels in Alaska

by John Muir

Preface
Map of John Muir's Travels in Alaska

Part I. The Trip of 1879

I. Puget Sound and British Columbia 3

II. Alexander Archipelaco and the Home I found in Alaska 13

III. Wrangell Island and Alaska Summers 25

IV. The Stickeen River 44

V. A Cruise in the Cassiar 56

VI. The Cassiar Trail 76

VII. Glenora Peak 87

VIII. Exploration of the Stickeen Glaciers 97

IX. A Canoe Voyage to Northward 114

X. The Discovery of Glacier Bay 140

XI. The Country of the Chilcats 161

XII. The Return to Fort Wrangell 178

XIII. Alaska Indians 197

Part II. The Trip of 1880

XIV. Sum Dum Bay 207

XV. From Taku River to Taylor Bay 234

XVI. Glacier Bay 258

Part III. The Trip of 1890

XVII. In Camp at Glacier Bay 273

XVIII. My Sled-Trip on the Muir Glacier 294

XIX. Auroras 312

Index 319

Glossary of Words in the Chinook Jargon 329

Illustrations

Alpenglow on Summit of Mt. Muir, Harrison Fiord, Prince William Sound Frontispiece

Hanging Valley and Waterfall, Fraser Ranch 14

Lowe Inlet, British Columbia 18

Indian Canoes 30

Alaskan Hemlocks and Spruces, Sitka 62

Old Chief and Totem Pole, Wrangell 72

Admiralty Island 128

The Muir Glacier in the Seventies, showing Ice Cliffs and Stranded Icebergs
From a photograph owned by Mr. Muir 158

Stranded Icebergs, Taku Glacier 182

Vegetation at High-Tide Line, Sitka Harbor 212

Ruins of Buried Forest, East Side of Muir Glacier
From a photograph owned by Mr. Muir 292

Floating Iceberg, Taku Inlet 312

[ "Voyages of Muir and Young, 1879-1880 in Southeastern Alaska," map from Alaska Days with John Muir (New York: Fleming H. Revell Co., 1915)]

Except as otherwise indicated the illustrations are from photographs by Herbert W. Gleason.
The colored half-tone which appears on the cover is from a painting of the Muir Glacier by Thomas Hill, owned by Mr. Muir.

Travels in Alaska

John Muir

with illustrations

Boston and New York
Houghton Mifflin Company
The Riverside Press Cambridge
1915

[A painting of the Muir Glacier by Thomas Hill, owned by Mr. Muir.
From the book cover.]

[Scanned and converted to HTML by Dan E. Anderson, from a copy in the UCI Library.]

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	Preface Map of John Muir's Travels in Alaska

	Part I. The Trip of 1879

I.	Puget Sound and British Columbia	3
II.	Alexander Archipelaco and the Home I found in Alaska	13
III.	Wrangell Island and Alaska Summers	25
IV.	The Stickeen River	44
V.	A Cruise in the Cassiar	56
VI.	The Cassiar Trail	76
VII.	Glenora Peak	87
VIII.	Exploration of the Stickeen Glaciers	97
IX.	A Canoe Voyage to Northward	114
X.	The Discovery of Glacier Bay	140
XI.	The Country of the Chilcats	161
XII.	The Return to Fort Wrangell	178
XIII.	Alaska Indians	197

	Part II. The Trip of 1880

XIV.	Sum Dum Bay	207
XV.	From Taku River to Taylor Bay	234
XVI.	Glacier Bay	258

	Part III. The Trip of 1890

XVII.	In Camp at Glacier Bay	273
XVIII.	My Sled-Trip on the Muir Glacier	294
XIX.	Auroras	312

	Index	319
	Glossary of Words in the Chinook Jargon	329

Alpenglow on Summit of Mt. Muir, Harrison Fiord, Prince William Sound	Frontispiece
Hanging Valley and Waterfall, Fraser Ranch	14
Lowe Inlet, British Columbia	18
Indian Canoes	30
Alaskan Hemlocks and Spruces, Sitka	62
Old Chief and Totem Pole, Wrangell	72
Admiralty Island	128
The Muir Glacier in the Seventies, showing Ice Cliffs and Stranded Icebergs From a photograph owned by Mr. Muir	158
Stranded Icebergs, Taku Glacier	182
Vegetation at High-Tide Line, Sitka Harbor	212
Ruins of Buried Forest, East Side of Muir Glacier From a photograph owned by Mr. Muir	292
Floating Iceberg, Taku Inlet	312
[ "Voyages of Muir and Young, 1879-1880 in Southeastern Alaska," map from Alaska Days with John Muir (New York: Fleming H. Revell Co., 1915)]