E-text prepared by D. Alexander, the staff of the Rare Books Collection at Marriott Library, University of Utah, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (https://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (http://www.archive.org/index.php) Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations. See 25494-h.htm or 25494-h.zip: (https://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/2/5/4/9/25494/25494-h/25494-h.htm) or (https://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/2/5/4/9/25494/25494-h.zip) Images of the original pages are available through Internet Archive. See http://www.archive.org/details/youngalaskans00hougrich THE YOUNG ALASKANS by EMERSON HOUGH Author of "The Story of the Cowboy" "The Mississippi Bubble" Etc. Etc. Illustrated Harper & Brothers Publishers New York and London MCMVIII Copyright, 1908, by Harper & Brothers. All rights reserved. Published October, 1908. [Illustration: See p 66 SUDDENLY DROPPING TO HIS KNEE HE FIRED WITHOUT LONGER HESITATION] CONTENTS CHAP. PAGE I. AT HOME IN ALASKA 1 II. AFLOAT ON THE PACIFIC 7 III. THE JOURNEY TO THE NORTH 16 IV. LOST IN THE FOG 23 V. THE MISSING DORY 28 VI. ADRIFT ON THE OCEAN 35 VII. THE HUT ON THE BEACH 41 VIII. THE SALMON RUN 49 IX. THE BIG BEAR OF KADIAK 58 X. THE SAVAGE REFUGEE 68 XI. A TROUBLESOME PRISONER 76 XII. WAYS OF THE WILDERNESS 80 XIII. MAKING A LIVING 93 XIV. THE SURPRISE 101 XV. THE WHALE-HUNT 111 XVI. THE MISSING PRISONER 122 XVII. THE ALEUT BOY 126 XVIII. UNWELCOME VISITORS 130 XIX. HOPE DEFERRED 136 XX. THE SILVER-GRAY FOX 143 XXI. AN ALEUT GOOSE-HUNT 159 XXII. SPORT WITH THE SALMON 170 XXIII. AMONG THE EAGLES 182 XXIV. AN ADVENTURE ON THE GULL ROCKS 191 XXV. CRIPPLES' CASTLE 207 XXVI. THE JOURNEY AND THE STORM 223 XXVII. THE MAN-HUNT 245 XXVIII. A HUNT FOR SEA-OTTER 255 XXIX.