ID: 46173

Looking east at a modern house with canoe prows holding up the shelter of the smoke hole; man and woman showing a Chilkat blanket in the process of weaving and with pattern board, [Klukwan, Alaska], August, 1909

ID: 46172

Woman working with mountain goat wool in preparation for the making of a Chilkat blanket, the thread between the pail cover and the woman's hands forms several loops, [Klukwan, Alaska], August, 1909

ID: 46171

Woman working with mountain goat wool in preparation for the making of a Chilkat blanket, the thread between the pail and the pail cover forms a loop, [Klukwan, Alaska], August, 1909

ID: 46170

Woman twisting mountain goat wool in preparation for the making of a Chilkat blanket, holding the thread out horizontally, [Klukwan, Alaska], August, 1909

ID: 46169

Woman twisting mountain goat wool in preparation for the making of a Chilkat blanket, [Klukwan, Alaska], August, 1909

ID: 46168

Grave markers at the cemetery, Klukwan, Alaska, August, 1909

ID: 46167

Dugout canoes at Klukwan, Alaska, August, 1909

ID: 46166

Salmon drying, Klukwan, Alaska, August, 1909

ID: 46165

Looking northward at the carved horizontal piece forming the subterranean part of house, Klukwan, Alaska, August, 1909

ID: 46164

Looking northeastward at the interior of one of the [unfinished] houses at Klukwan with three upright and one prostrate carved house posts representing coppers...brightly painted in red and black and had been taken from an old house, Klukwan, Alaska, August, 1909

ID: 46163

Looking northeastward at the front of a house which faces the river; between it and other houses is the military road, Klukwan, Alaska, August, 1909

ID: 46162

Looking east at smoke houses at Kluckwan on the north side of the Chilkat River about 25 miles above Haines Tlingit Village...covers for the smoke holes rest upon ends cut from canoes; this village is along the military road between Haines and Porcupine, Alaska, August, 1909

ID: 46161

Looking east from small vegetation at the foot of the great glacier of the Stikine over the Stikine River and camp on the side of it, Alaska, August, 1909

ID: 46160

Showing part of foot of the great Stikine glacier and looking across the stream, Alaska, August, 1909

ID: 46159

Looking west along the southern side of the stream at the foot of the Stikine glacier, Alaska, August, 1909

ID: 46158

Looking west at the top of the flat at the moraine and foot of the glacier of the Stikine, Alaska, August, 1909

ID: 46157

Looking west across the moraine of the Stikine, Alaska, August, 1909

ID: 46156

Looking north near the camp across the glacial stream of the great glacier of the Stikine, Alaska, August, 1909

ID: 46155

Looking west at the camp of William S. Taylor and Harlan Smith, on the west side of the Stikine River, on the south side of one of the little glacial streams... about four miles above the mouth of the Iskut; moose tracks were seen where the camp fire was built, Alaska, August, 1909

ID: 46154

Camping for lunch, Alex Vereatt and Guy Carson (near stove), Will S. Taylor (at canoe) and Fred Bronson, with the Haida type canoe owned by Chief Shakes with a Gray gasoline engine and equipment for prospecting, Iskut River, British Columbia, August 19, 1909

ID: 46153

Looking south, parallel with the Stikine River [Alaska], August, 1909

ID: 46152

Looking south, parallel with the Stikine River [Alaska], August, 1909

ID: 46151

Looking eastward from where we landed on the east side of the Stikine River, between the international boundary line and the mouth of the Iskut River. The foreground shows the flats and sandbars along the eastern side of the river at this place...the cotton-wood forest, August, 1909

ID: 46150

Looking westward...showing gasoline tug on which we reached this place from Wrangell...taken at Mr. Taylor's request to show the grouping of islands, [Alaska], August, 1909

ID: 46149

Totem pole, surrounded by foliage, near Wrangell, Alaska, August, 1909

ID: 46148

Totem pole and lower part of totem pole, Old Wrangell, Alaska, August, 1909

ID: 46147

Two forward totem poles with foliage, near Wrangell, Alaska, August, 1909

ID: 46146

Looking eastward at totem poles at Old Wrangell, about twenty miles south of Wrangell, Alaska, August, 1909

ID: 46145

Cooking place for crabs caught in Alaskan waters before being boxed and shipped to the Seattle market, near Wrangell, Alaska, August, 1909

ID: 46144

Looking northward from the harbor showing a crab box and boat in the second week's work of crabbing in Alaskan waters by Mr. Cash Colter, the Wrangell meat man, at the suggestion of Mr. Henry J. Gardner of the Seattle Oyster and Fish company for the Seattle and San Francisco markets, Wrangell, Alaska, August, 1909

ID: 46143

Grave house and pole, looking northeast, a little beyond the cemetery, Wrangell, Alaska, August, 1909

ID: 46142

Grave house and pole, a little beyond the cemetery, Wrangell, Alaska, August, 1909

ID: 46141

Front view of grave post, In Memory of Kaukish, died 1897, age 68 years, and house, Wrangell, Alaska, August 1909

ID: 46140

Looking southward at the grave pole and the grave house in the Wrangell grave yard, perhaps two miles south of the town, Wrangell, Alaska, August, 1909

ID: 46139

Looking east at a grave post, surrounded by foliage, Wrangell, Alaska, August, 1909

ID: 46138

Totem pole burials, outside Wrangell, Alaska, August, 1909

ID: 46137

Totem pole [depicting whale], Wrangell, Alaska, August, 1909

ID: 46136

Totem pole, showing carvings of a whale atop human figure, Wrangell, Alaska, August, 1909

ID: 46135

Looking east at totem pole, Wrangell, Alaska, August, 1909

ID: 46134

Looking northwestward at a pole on the south side of the harbor; across the harbor may be seen in the lower right hand corner, Wrangell, Alaska, August, 1909

ID: 46133

Looking northwest at the lower side board of the north side of house ruins with devils club growing just outside of the house to the left, Wrangell, Alaska, August, 1909

ID: 46132

Looking south at the frame work of a house on eastern side of the harbor, near the beach, Wrangell, Alaska, August, 1909

ID: 46131

Rear view of a totem pole with a cavity for the reception of the dead; shed in the foreground is sheltering a canoe, Wrangell, Alaska, August, 1909

ID: 46130

Rear view of totem pole showing the two cavities which were for the reception of the dead, near Chief Shakes' house, Wrangell, Alaska, August, 1909

ID: 46129

Looking north at front of totem pole, Chief Shakes' house, Wrangell, Alaska, August, 1909

ID: 46128

Looking northeast toward totem pole, at Chief Shakes' house, Wrangell, Alaska, August, 1909

ID: 46127

Looking north, showing the south side of Chief Shakes' house with totem pole, Wrangell, Alaska, August, 1909

ID: 46126

Looking northeast, showing the southeast corner of Chief Shakes' house with totem poles, Wrangell, Alaska, August, 1909

ID: 46125

Prow of Chief Shakes' canoe, showing painted decoration and lettering, in the shed with doors closed, Wrangell, Alaska, August, 1909

ID: 46124

Right side of Chief Shakes' house, showing suction cups on squid carved of wood, Wrangell, Alaska, August, 1909

ID: 46123

Interior of Chief Shakes' house, with displays of both Christian and Native American objects and showing old house posts for sale and electric light, Wrangell, Alaska, August, 1909

ID: 46122

Chief Shakes' house with two totem poles, Wrangell, Alaska, August, 1909

ID: 46121

Looking east at Chief Shakes' house at about half tide, at low tide one may cross here; the view is taken from the eastern end of the southern branch of the main street at Wrangell, Alaska, August, 1909

ID: 46120

Looking east at Chief Shakes' house at about half tide, at low tide one may cross here; the view is taken from the eastern end of the southern branch of the main street at Wrangell, Alaska, August, 1909

ID: 46119

Looking east at a raft of logs when the tide is out, taken from near the electric light works, and at high tide the chief's house is on an island at the right of the picture, at Wrangell, Alaska, August, 1909

ID: 46118

Grave near the milkman's place at the eastern end of Wrangell, Alaska, August, 1909

ID: 46117

Third totem pole from the west along the main street, looking north, showing labret in the two human figures, Wrangell, Alaska, August, 1909

ID: 46116

Looking west at the second pole along the main street at Wrangell, electric light works in the background, Alaska, August, 1909

ID: 46115

Looking north at the second pole from the west along the main street at Wrangell, Alaska, August, 1909

ID: 46114

Totem pole on main street of Wrangell, Alaska, August, 1909

ID: 46113

Totem poles on main street of Wrangell, Alaska, August, 1909

ID: 46112

Looking north at totem poles in front of a house, showing a representation of a debtor clan in the foreground, Wrangell, Alaska, August, 1909

ID: 46111

Looking at two [Tlingit] totem poles in front of a house where [Tlingit] homes used to stand, Wrangell, Alaska, August, 1909

ID: 46110

Looking southwest at two [Tlingit] totem poles in front of a house where [Tlingit] homes used to stand, Wrangell, Alaska, August, 1909

ID: 46109

Looking southwest at two [Tlingit] totem poles in front of a house where [Tlingit] homes used to stand, Wrangell, Alaska, August, 1909

ID: 46108

Looking south at the sawmill with the tide far out, Wrangell, Alaska, August, 1909

ID: 46107

Crab traps on a wharf, looking south, saw mill to the left, graves and houses in the middle distance, Wrangell, Alaska, August, 1909

ID: 46106

Yearling and two year old deer being fed by Mr. Gray, the taxidermist and jailer at Wrangell, Alaska, August, 1909

ID: 46105

Yearling and two year old deer being fed by Mr. Gray, the taxidermist and jailer at Wrangell, Alaska, August, 1909

ID: 46104

Looking east at the United States court house and the recently installed totem pole formerly in the village, Wrangell, Alaska, August, 1909

ID: 46103

Looking east at the jail and the United States Marshall's house with top of totem pole formerly in the village, the parade ground of old Fort Wrangell, Wrangell, Alaska, August, 1909

ID: 46102

Looking east at the garden of the United States custom officer at Wrangell, Alaska, showing United States court house in the center, United States custom flag at the right near the officer's house; in the garden are strawberries, cabbages, carrots, roses and other flowers, August 14, 1909

ID: 46101

Looking northeast toward the eulachon fishing village on the north side of Nass River several miles above Kincolith, a pile of the remains of the eulachon may be seen in the center, British Columbia, August, 1909

ID: 46100

Looking northwestward at the eulachon fishing village on the north side of Nass River, several miles above Kincolith, British Columbia, August, 1909

ID: 46099

Looking north eastward at the eulichon fishing village on the north side of Nass River several miles above Kincolith, British Columbia, August, 1909

ID: 46098

Looking westerly down the Nass River, at the lower or westerly end of the eulichon fishing place...the frames in the bushes to the right are what the Indians had used for drying eulichon, British Columbia, August, 1909

ID: 46097

Looking from the upper edge of the beach in front of the village at the eulichon fishing place, [a] few miles above Kincolith...looking across Nass River over the edge, down which trickles the rancid remnants of the eulichon after the oil has been extracted from them, British Columbia, August, 1909

ID: 46096

Looking eastward from the net mender's scow, temporarily anchored at this place on the north side of Nass River just below the eulichon fishing grounds a few miles above Kincolith; Mr. Taylor made an oil color sketch of these rocks, British Columbia, August, 1909

ID: 46095

Looking eastward at the Bella Coola Valley from the treeless flat at the mouth of the Bella Coola River...the camera stood near the base of the wharf and shows a small river that enters Burke Channel, British Columbia, July, 1909

ID: 46094

Indian graveyard between the Bella Coola River and John Clayton's farm, showing carvings representing canoes of the Haida type and coppers, British Columbia, July, 1909

ID: 46093

Indian graveyard between the Bella Coola River and John Clayton's farm, showing carvings representing canoes of the Haida type and coppers, British Columbia, July 1909

ID: 46092

The two daughters of John Clayton, British Columbia, July, 1909

ID: 46091

Mr. John Clayton, wife, and two daughters, British Columbia, July, 1909

ID: 46090

Looking eastward up Bella Coola River at rip rapping [to protect John Clayton's store from the river], and a river canoe, British Columbia, 1909

ID: 46089

Looking southeastward at the western or lower end of the village on the south side of Bella Coola River, showing houses and steps made of notching two logs, British Columbia, July, 1909

ID: 46088

Front of Bella Coola village showing totem pole for sale with man's face, eagle, and bear painted black, blue, pink, white, and yellow, among houses, and man at the far end of the walkway, British Columbia, July, 1909

ID: 46087

Looking eastward along the front of the Bella Coola village, showing houses, totem poles, and spires, British Columbia, July, 1909

ID: 46086

Epitaph of Chief Clelamen mentioning potlatch on front of house, [Nuxalk] man smoking below in doorway and Will Taylor's sketching stool on the bottom, right, British Columbia, July, 1909

ID: 46085

Looking westward or down the river along the front of the Bella Coola village, the shingle spires are in red and natural wood and painted red, British Columbia, July, 1909

ID: 46084

Looking eastward up the river along Bella Coola village, both poles were purchased for the Museum without carving of man at the top, British Columbia, July, 22, 1909

ID: 46083

Looking westward down the stream at the upper end of the Bella Coola village, showing totem poles purchased for the Museum, though without the carved men at the top, British Columbia, July 1909

ID: 46082

Looking southwestward from the north side of the Bella Coola River at the village; the river here is swift and dangerous, except when navigated in the proper canoe and by those who understand this particular sort of river navigation, Mr. John Clayton's store on extreme right, British Columbia, July 23, 1909

ID: 46081

Looking southward across the Bella Coola River showing several river canoes with spoon shaped ends and a salt water canoe, ...showing the very upper end of the village at Bella Coola, British Columbia, July 23, 1909

ID: 46080

Strawberries and salmon berries drying on a rack made of split cedar, berries have been crushed up and made into large cakes and spread on skunk cabbage leaves or on nettle leaves, looking southeastward in the Christianized village near the mission on the north side of Bella Coola River, July, 1909

ID: 46079

Bella Coola (Nuxalk) man making a wooden spoon with an iron adze, old woman is seated on his right; looking northward in the Christianized Bella Coola village north of the river, July, 1909

ID: 46078

Bella Coola (Nuxalk) man making a wooden spoon with an iron adze, old woman is seated on his right; looking northward in the Christianized Bella Coola village north of the river, July, 1909

ID: 46077

Looking eastward up the main street of the Christianized Indian village near the mission at Bella Coola; the mountains are purplish above the timber line, British Columbia, July 23, 1909

ID: 46075

River canoe with spoon shaped ends in a slough of Bella Coola River, taken from near the mission on the north side of the river looking up or eastward, British Columbia, July 23, 1909

ID: 46074

Looking across one of the sloughs of the Bella Coola river and the main river beyond it at a point above the cannery, on the far side of the river at a slide, British Columbia, July 23, 1909

ID: 46073

Skunk cabbage and fruit near the base of the wharf at Bella Coola, July 25, 1909