There is something in this atmosphere which enables a white man to drink a great deal more with impunity than he can in any other section of the United States or Territories—the quantities of strong tea, the nips of brandy, wine, and cordials which he will swallow with perfect physical indifference, in the course of every day of his life, at Sitka for instance, would drive him to delirium in an exceedingly short time if repeated at San Francisco. Naturally enough, we find that the same craving for stimulants is reflected by Indian stomachs; and now that they have fully grasped the understanding of how to successfully satisfy that aching, no valid reason can be presented why the Thlinket will not continue to gratify a burning desire in this fatal direction to the ultimate extinction of his race. This fault of our civilization is far more potent to effect his worldly degeneration, than any one or all of our combined virtues are to regenerate his earthly existence. FOOTNOTES: [16] All savages are called by this name up here—the sex being indicated by “buck” and “squaw.” Children are called “pappooses.” [17] This Act wisely does not establish a full-fledged form of territorial government in Alaska, because the lack of a suitable population to maintain it reputably was conclusively shown by the census returns of 1880: it creates an executive and a judiciary; it extends certain laws of the United States relating to crimes, customs, and mining, over Alaska, and provides for their enforcement. The land laws of the United States should also be made operative in Alaska, they are expressly omitted in the present act. [18] I. _Chillkahts_: Lynn Canal and Glacier Bay. II. _Hooniahs_: Chichagov Island and islets. III. _Awks_: North end Admiralty Island. IV. _Tahkoos_: Mainland, Stephen’s Passage and Juneau City. V. _Khootznahoos_: South end Admiralty Island. VI. _Sitkas_: Baranov Island. VII. _Kakho_: Kou and Kuprianov Islands, Prince Frederick Sound, mainland coast. VIII. _Stickeens_: Wrangel, Zarenbo and Etholin Islands, Stickeen River mouth. IX. _Haidah_: Prince of Wales Island. X. _Tongass_: Mainland, Cape Fox to Cape Warde, and contiguous islands. [19] The exact measurements of such a rancherie, and of which the author submits a careful drawing, were: Breadth in front of house, 54 feet 6 inches; depth from front to back, “in the clear,” 47 feet 8 inches; height of ridge of roof, 16 feet 6 inches; height of eaves, 10 feet 8 inches; girth of main vertical posts and horizontal beams, 9 feet 9 inches; width of outer upright beams, 2 feet 6 inches, thickness, about 6 inches; width of carved totem post in front of house, 3 feet 10 inches, height, (?) 50 feet. [20] Whole volumes have been written upon this subject of the totem and consanguinity among these savages of the northwest coast. Further description or discussion, in this instance, is superfluous.