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... dollars within a few days . These were chiefs who aspired to rise high above their contemporaries in glory ; and , therefore , would be disappointed to have their generosity equally returned . A shaman is a medicine - man who is ...
... dollars within a few days . These were chiefs who aspired to rise high above their contemporaries in glory ; and , therefore , would be disappointed to have their generosity equally returned . A shaman is a medicine - man who is ...
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... dollars . " " In the early eighties Lieutenant Schwatka found Wran- gell " the most tumble - down - looking company of cabins I ever saw . " He found its " Chinatown " housed in an old Stikine River steamboat on the beach , which had ...
... dollars . " " In the early eighties Lieutenant Schwatka found Wran- gell " the most tumble - down - looking company of cabins I ever saw . " He found its " Chinatown " housed in an old Stikine River steamboat on the beach , which had ...
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... dollars with interest compounding for twenty years . Wrangell gradually fell into a storied and picturesque decay . The burnished halo of early romance has always clung to her . At the time of the gold excitement and the rush to the ...
... dollars with interest compounding for twenty years . Wrangell gradually fell into a storied and picturesque decay . The burnished halo of early romance has always clung to her . At the time of the gold excitement and the rush to the ...
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... dollars up . At Wrangell , therefore , the tourist begins to part with his money , and does not cease until he has reached Skaguay to the northward , or Sitka and Yakutat to the westward ; and if he should journey 90 ALASKA : THE GREAT ...
... dollars up . At Wrangell , therefore , the tourist begins to part with his money , and does not cease until he has reached Skaguay to the northward , or Sitka and Yakutat to the westward ; and if he should journey 90 ALASKA : THE GREAT ...
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... dollars or three and a half in 1905 were held stubbornly at seven and a half or eight in 1907 ; while the difference in prices of the more expensive ones was even greater . Squaws sit picturesquely about the streets , clad in gay colors ...
... dollars or three and a half in 1905 were held stubbornly at seven and a half or eight in 1907 ; while the difference in prices of the more expensive ones was even greater . Squaws sit picturesquely about the streets , clad in gay colors ...
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