It is the spirit of the heroic ages,
and to that era belongs the history of the Vikings on the North Pacific.
[1] See Chapter XI.
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Adakh Island, Chirikoff at, 51.
Admiralty Inlet, explored, 270-271.
_Adventure_, first American ship built on Pacific, 233, 234, 238, 325.
Alaska, Bering's expedition on coast of, 26 ff.; Chirikoff's arrival at,
50-51; Benyowsky's visit to, 125; Cook explores coast of, 189-194; Gray's
trip to, 238; Vancouver's survey of southern coast of, 286-290; Baranof's
career in, 318-337. _See_ Sitka.
Aleutian Islands, Bering's voyage of discovery among, 26-41; sea-otter's
habitat on, 42, 53, 56, 63, 66-67, 69-70, 82-83; fur hunters of the,
67-78, 81-84, 321-323, 328-330.
Aleut Indians, as otter-hunters, 69-78; harsh treatment of, by Russians,
79, 8l-88; Russian hunters massacred by, 91-95, 100-104; punishment of,
105; in Sitka massacre, 307-310, 332; accompany Baranof on voyage of
vengeance, 311-314; with Baranof in Prince William Sound, 322 ff.
Alexander Archipelago, Chirikoff in the, 46-52.
Alexis, Aleut Indian boy hostage, 98, 99, 102.
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