02251cam a2200313 4500 283112818 TxAuBib 20020517120000.0 020517s1983||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u AkA AkA TxAuBib eng fre Mercier, Francois Xavier, 1838-1906. Recollections of the Youkon [sic] District : Memoires from the Years 1868-1885 / Francois Xavier Mercier ; [translated,] edited, with notes by Linda Finn Yarborough. [Juneau, Alaska : Alaska Historical Commission, 1983. 105, [13] leaves : ill., 1 folded map ; softcover ; 28 cm. Alaska Historical Commission Studies in History ; ; 188 Includes index./ Bibliography: p. 91-95. "June 1983". Grant 1120 FY/83 (Mercier Memoires.) Bibliography: p. 96-101. List of illustrations -- Introduction -- Time line: Fort Reliance -- Trading posts and fur traders -- First white women in the Youkon District -- Early prospectors -- Monsignor Clut, the First Catholic Missionary -- Travels of Monsignor Seghers -- Senate, Chief of the Coutcha-Kutchin -- Explorers and government officials -- Trading companies and their employees -- Settlements along the Youkon -- Appendix: Maps of the Youkon District -- Bibliography -- Index. Memoirs dealing with the Yukon District, the area from the Yukon River Delta to the Klondike River, which include information on the first women in the area; miners in the district; the first Catholic missionaries; trading posts along the Yukon River and their inhabitants; Senate, chief of the Kutchin; and explorers and visitors to the district. He was responsible for establishing of Fort Reliance, now Dawson City. Translated from French. 20020517. Frontier and pioneer life Yukon River Valley Yukon and Alaska. Alaska History 1867-1959. Yukon River Region (Yukon and Alaska) History. Yarborough, Linda Finn. Alaska Historical Commission. Alaska Historical Commission Studies in History ; ; 188.