Ballous Alaska the New Eldorado a Summer Journey to Alaska
Ballous Alaska the New Eldorado a Summer Journey to Alaska
Ballou Maturin Murray
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Seward's Purchase turns out to be a Bonanza. Cook's Inlet, which lies to the north of the ishmd of Kodiak, was esteemed by the Russians to be the pleasantest portion of Alaska in the summer season, with its bright skies and well wooded shores. It stretches far inland in a north- easterly direction, and is quite out of the region of the fogs which prevail on the coast. Gold has been profitably mined for some years on the Kak- ny River, which empties into the eastern side of this extensive inlet,... and good coal abounds in the neighborhood. When the Russians first came to this region they taught the natives to make what they called quass, a cooling and comparatively harmless acid drink. To produce this article rye meal is mixed with water, in certain proportions, and allowed to remain in a cask until fermentation takes place and it is sour and lively enough to draw. Lat- terly the natives have learned to add sugar, and thus to produce a fermented liquor of an intoxica- 128 THE NEW ELDORADO.
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