CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. LIST OF MAPS AND PLANS xiv
4. PREFACE xvii
5. A note on spelling athabaskan xx
6. 1 TO ALASKA 1
7. 2 GETTING STARTED 25
8. 3 ADVENTURES ON THE LOWER TANANA 47
9. 4 TANANA MISSION AND THE YUKON ABOVE 72
10. 5 THE MIDDLE YUKON: TANANA MISSION TO RUBY 91
11. 6 THE MIDDLE YUKON: RUBY TO BISHOP ROCK 113
12. 7 THE KOYUKUK RIVER 133
13. 8 NULATO ON THE YUKON 158
14. 9 KALTAG AND THE KHOTOLKAIYUH TO SHAGELUK SLOUGH 192
15. 10 JOURNEY TO THE INNOKO RIVER 227
16. 11 SHAGELUK SLOUGH TO ANVIK AND BONASILA 261
17. 12 HOLY CROSS AND HOMEWARD BOUND 288
18. 13 EPILOGUE 313
19. APPENDIX 325
20. SOURCES 345
21. INDEX 357