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| Title | Indians freighting supplies up Dyea River in canoe, Alaska, 1897. |
| Photographer | La Roche, Frank |
| Date | 1897 |
| Notes | Caption on image: ""Indians freighting up Dyea River in canoe. c1897""
Chilkat canoe moves up the Dyea River, paddled by two women in kerchiefs, with a small child leaning over the side
""Indians freighting up Dyea River with canoes. Here the squaws are riding and guiding while the men are ahead towing with long ropes. These boats are regular dug-outs, made from large timber, and drawing about eight inches of water, yet carrying a thousand pounds or more of freight. The trading companies never pay the natives in cash. Last summer's rush brought them into closer touch with the civilization of white men and they learned to strike. Deck hands on one steamer were receiving one dollar per hour. One day they refused to work for less than two dollars. They got it. They kept striking until the wages were five dollars an hour."" (Frank La Roche, En Route to the Klondike, 1898) |
| Subjects (LCTGM) | Canoes--Alaska
Rivers--Alaska
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| Subjects (LCSH) | Chilkat Indians--Transportation
Dyea River (Alaska)
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| Location Depicted | United States--Alaska |
| Digital Collection | Frank La Roche Photograph Collection
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| Order Number | LAR215 |
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| Negative Number | NA935 |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division. |
| Repository Collection | Frank La Roche Photograph Collection. PH Coll 283 |
| Object Type | Photograph |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from a photographic print using a Microtek Scanmaker 9600XL at 72 dpi in JPEG format at compression rate 3. 8/1998. |
