 | United States. Department of the Interior, Ivan Petroff - 1881 - 110 страница
...best man who may ever make the journey there. CHAPTER VI. THE INNUIT RACE. THE YUKON 81'l,DiViSION. The people of the United States will not be quick to take the idea that the volume of water in an Alaskan river is greater than that discharged by their own... | |
 | Frederick Schwatka - 1885 - 380 страница
...could have had the party recalled by the authorities at Washington. Thus the little ex- v• pedition which gave the first complete survey to the third...one-third more water than the " Father of Waters." — Petrotf's Oovernment Report on Alaska TER II. • •AGE TO ALASKA. to JJiAND PASSAGE ' Alaska... | |
 | Frederick Schwatka - 1885 - 372 страница
...from the Pacific Ocean which leads to the inland passage to Alaska. * The largest river on the Nortli American continent so far as this mighty stream flows...one-third more water than the " Father of Waters." — Petrotf's Government Report on Alaska. CHAPTER II. THE INLAND PASSAGE TO ALASKA. iLAND PASSAGE... | |
 | Maturin Murray Ballou - 1889 - 390 страница
...the idea that the volume of water in an Alaskan river is greater than that discharged by their own Mississippi ; but it is entirely within the bounds of honest statement to say that the Yukon River, the vast deltoid mouth of which opens into Norton Sound, of Behring Strait, discharges every hour of... | |
 | Maturin Murray Ballou - 1889 - 396 страница
...his report as agent of the Secretary of the Interior, speaks thus confidently upon the subject : " The people of the United States will not be quick to take the idea that the volume of water in an Alaskan river is greater than that discharged by their own... | |
 | Maturin Murray Ballou - 1889 - 390 страница
...his report as agent of the Secretary of the Interior, speaks thus confidently upon the subject : " The people of the United States will not be quick to take the idea that the volume of water in an Alaskan river is greater than that discharged by their own... | |
 | International Bureau of the American Republics - 1897 - 148 страница
...also taken from Mr. Petroff s report : The people of the United States will not be quick to realize that the volume of water in an Alaskan river is greater...bounds of honest statement to say that the Yukon River, the vast deltoid mouth of which opens into Norton Sound of Bering Sea, discharges every hour one-third... | |
 | Frederick Schwatka - 1898 - 466 страница
...expedition was therefore, to avoid being recalled, kept as secret as possible, and when, on May22d, it departed from Portland, Oregon, upon the Victoria,...one-third more water than the " Father of Waters." — PetrofFs Government Report on Alaska. CHAPTER II. THE INLAND PASSAGE TO ALASKA. [LAND PASSAGE "... | |
 | United States. Department of the Treasury. Special Agents Division - 1898 - 1118 страница
...holds 600 more "nearly persuaded," as if it were a mere question of time to gather them in finally. The people of the United States will not be quick...the bounds of honest statement to say that the Yukon liiver, the vast deltoid mouth of which opens into Norton Sound of Bering Sea, discharges every hour... | |
 | Horace Fletcher Clark, Charles C. Heltman, Charles F. Consaul - 1898 - 450 страница
...used is the Chilkoot. SPECIAL, AGENT IVAN PETROFF—ALASKA—ITS POPULATION, INDUSTRIES AND RESOURCES. The people of the United States will not be quick to take to the idea that a volume of water in an Alaskan river is greater than that discharged by the mighty Mississippi; but... | |
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Alaska, the large amount of freight for which had necessitated this extra steamer. That night we crossed the Columbia River bar and next morning entered the Strait of Juan de Fuca, the southern entrance from the Pacific Ocean which leads to the inland... 