[Portrait of Edward Schieffelin, 1882]
Steamer “New Racket” at the wharf of St. Michael, two hours before the departure for the Yukon River
All the white men of San Michael and the Yukon River [Back row, left to right: John Waldron; John R. Forbes; Arthur Harper; Capt. Al Mayo; Capt. Charles Peterson; Joseph La Due; John Franklin; Fred Mercier. First two men at far left, back to front: John C. Smith; Moses Lurens. Three men at far right, left to right: A.S. Frederickson; Dr. W.E. Everette; Gregory Kokerine.]
San Michael
Wharf and rear of San Michael. Indian camping grounds, while they are waiting for the arrival of Steamer “St. Paul,” to assist unloading. June, 1884 [1883 is the correct year; Schieffelin left Alaska just before 1884.].
Rear view of San Michael [Fred Mercier (left) and unidentified man with camera and tripod]
Upper Yukon Indians. Esquimaux [Esquimo]
The oldest Chamon [Shaman], or Medicine Man, in Northern sound
Nuchigak [Nushagak] chief
Mission Indians
Tananah Indian squaw returning from a hunt
Keokuck [probably Koyukuk] Chamon [Shaman] or Medicine Man [Name is “Red Shirt”]
Ivan, Chief of the Tananah Indians
[Number skipped]
The Black Showman [Shaman?] of the Tananah
Sinate, Chief of Fort Yukon Indians
Indians cutting fire-wood for Steamer, two miles from Fort Yukon
The remains of Fort Yukon. Rev. Dr. Sims, Missionary. Harper, trader for the Alaska Com. Co. [1883]
Charlie, chief of what is known as Charlie’s Band; 1600 miles up the Yukon River
Tananah Indians [Kheeltat, his son, and Deshaddy]
Rv. [Reverend] Dr. Sims preaching to the Indians at Fort Reliance, Aug. 18, 1883.
First appearance of winter—short days. View taken at 12 M. [midnight], 60 seconds exposure, rapid dry plates
First appearance of winter—short days. View taken at 12 M. [midnight], 60 seconds exposure, rapid dry plates [Variant of photograph 22]
Winter. Ed. Schieffelin feeding his dogs.
Ed. Schieffelin starting on a prospecting tour
Winter, Nuklakahyet [Nuklukayet]
Winter, Nuklakahyet [Nuklukayet]
Winter fish trap on the Yukon
House constructed by the Schieffelin party at Nuklakyat [Nuklukayet], 950 miles above the mouth of the Yukon River
Indian cemetery. Indians on snow shoes
Steamer Yukon in a slough while the ice is passing down the river
Spring. Steamers St. Michael, Yukon, and New Racket
Tananah Indians in canoes, as seen from a distance, coming down to trade at Nuklakahyet [Nuklukayet] in the spring.
Five minutes later [Variant of photograph 33]
Indians landed [Variant of photograph 34]
Steam launch built by Chas. [Charles] O. Farciot, 1000 miles above the mouth of the Yukon
Nuklakahyet trading station [Alaskan natives standing in front of building]
Fort Yukon Indians
Island of St. Paul
In winter quarters after a trip of 2500 miles in Bydarkee [Bidarka], or Indian skin boat
Portage of 150 miles, from the Behring [Bering] Sea across the mountains, to the Yukon River. Started from the Signal Service Office at San Michael Feb. 3, 36° below zero
Traveling with dogs, without snow-shoes
Fifty degrees below zero. The only photo ever taken on a trip of this kind. [Men with dogs and sled]
Antwick [Anvik] trading station
House almost buried in the snow, only the roof appearing, the home of four families. Looking down the Yukon from the village of Antwick [Anvik].