"It was from this man from whom I obtained the medicine box, with the contents of which (as he told me) he could cure any ailment of any individual on the island. it had been used by a good many Angakoks before him." Note from Harold McCracken.
Fifth volume of five volume set of diaries kept by Walter Todd, railroad surveyor for Alaskan Engineering Commission in southcentral Alaska. Jan. 1-Sept. 5, 1918. [191] pages ; 15 cm.
Forensic reconstruction of explorer Vitus Bering. Reconstruction by V. N. Zvyagin, Institute of Forensic Medicine, Moscow. 1992-1995? Photographer: Jan Oelker, Dresden.
Image: Ka-Sh-Ak, the Monkeyman. Skan-Doo [Skundoo], notorious old medicene [medicine] man. Ind-A-Yanek (Swatka), the famous Indian guide. Three brothers, old head-men of the Kak-Von-Tons [Kaagwaantaan] of the Chilkat tribe. Copyright 1907....
Ka-Sh-Ak, the Monkeyman, Skan-Doo [Skundoo], medicine man, and Ind-A-Yanek [Swatka], Indian guide. Three brothers, of the Kak-Von-Tons of the Chilkat tribe, Klukwan. Photographer's number 11-N
Notes on Kankei Ibun (Voyages around the world)
Made with the assistance of Naoko Hoshino.
Vol. 0
Introduction
Table of contents with summary of each volume
List of illustrations
Vol. 1
Vessel Wakamiya-maru leaving Ishimaki, winter of...
Photograph of the inside of a tent, with a smallpox patient at the Saint John's Mission in Allakaket, Alaska. Visible in this ward are two pitchers, one on a stove, presumably for heating water, some hand towels above the patients head, on a shelf...
Remainder of title: Thomas Riggs, Jr., Member Alaskan Engineering Commission, and C. W. Richie and H. J. Atwell, Acting Register and Receiver of the United States Land Office, at Fairbanks, Alaska.
Title from caption. Photograph of a woman called Old Eliza with a log cabin in the background. Narrative in photo album reads: "Here are two pictures of our famous 'Old Eliza.' She was our first caller, early on the first morning, before...
Title from caption. Photograph of Peter and his adopted daughter. Peter is wearing his beaded jacket and is seated on a chair. Narrative in the photo album reads: "Peter & two of his children, the little one adopted. Notice the beaded...
Title from caption. Photograph of Peter and two of his children. Peter is wearing a beaded jacket and sitting in a chair in front of a log cabin. Narrative in the photo album reads: "Peter & two of his children, the little one adopted. ...
Title from cataloger. Photograph of Old Eliza walking in Stevens Village with a log building in the background. Narrative from photo album reads: "Here are two pictures of our famous 'Old Eliza.' She was our first caller, early on the first...