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Title: Touring Alaska and the Yellowstone
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Taylor, Charles M. (Charles Maus), 1849-
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Publisher: Philadelphia : G.W. Jacobs & Co.
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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lies along narrow passages, some-times scarcely four hundred feet wide. The nu-merous islands, large and small, by which we aresurrounded, are very beautiful with their statelyforests, rich verdure, and indented shores. Here adeep cavern extends into the base of the mountain,and at its mouth is an isolated log cabin. No othersigns of human life are visible. Solitary it standsamid the haunts of the wild creatures, in the veryentrance to Natures secret and subterranean mys-teries. Suddenly the deep whistle of the engine soundsupon the air, and out of the distance a shrill treblenote is heard in response. We all hasten to theside of the steamer, and soon find ourselves in thewake of a revenue cutter, the Columbine. As we approach this vessel, greetings are ex-changed by a series of whistles from both ships,and a waving of handkerchiefs and cheers fromthose on board. The Columbine is a govern-ment boat, bearing the officers and men who arelocating rocks, widening the channels at difficult
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Killisnoo Belle See page 259 The Capital of Alaska 267 points, and otherwise increasing the safety of navi-gation in these waters. As the distance againwidens between us, we return to our favorite postsof observation. The fresh verdure growing soclose to the water is a constant source of wonder.We are told that the frequent rains in this regioncounteract the effect of the salt waters of the strait.Flocks of ducks and other wild fowls rfee suddenlyfrom the water and fly away before us, flappingtheir wings and uttering loud cries. This strait is forty miles in length, and curves ina great bow as it sweeps along from ChathamStrait to Salisbury Sound. The name given to it bythe natives is Koo-le-tchika, or a dangerous chan-nel. Portions of the strait are swept by strongtidal currents, and beyond the Lower Rapids, wherethe channel is scarcely a hundred yards in width,the tide rushes in with the strength and swiftnessof a cataract. As the steamer goes through at highwater slack, few of the

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