June-September 1879, Expedition to Alaska Image 35

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John Muir

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77 Ship loaded last [Aug] at Port Madison Puget Sound with 200 spars from 70 to 90 ft l [feet long] (1879) ending July 1st Seattle 155,456 tons coal more than any other on P [Pacific] coast. 48 ½ mill tons in U.S. 1878 nearly 2/3 bituminous 290 mil t [tons] product of the world nearly ½ in Great Britain.

78 Klukquann Town of [200] [ sleep] 1 Lake vil [village] No [number] of Inds [Indians] 364 Burned down 8 yrs ago by U.S. [steamer] on account of [taking] [sloop] First Hoots Vil [village] Letooskin 246 2nd Angoon drunk Hoona Kowtahn, [Kodiak] chief 625 2nd [Sloughhugd] ([gravel] + rushes) 108 Chilcats 322. Ariks 290

Date Original

1879

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Original journal dimensions: 9 x 14.5 cm.

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MuirReel25Journal07P077-078.tif

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Holt-Atherton Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library

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