Section 1: seasonal round\ Fourth of July\ fish camp -- getting winter food\ hunting -- drying meat to prevent spoilage\ moose -- scarce in past\ rabbit\ fish\ porcupine -- August\ ducks -- proper treatment\ July -- molting geese; taking\ dog salmon\ Allakaket -- no sheefish above\ Henshaw\ South Fork\ Koyukuk River\ Bettles\ Alatna River\ whitefish\ grayling\ pike|

Section 2: fishnets -- making with shuttle and gage\ Sheep Mountain\ Alatna River\ John River\ September -- first time father came back from fishcamp\ sheep -- meat\ hunting -- stories\ Big William\ grandfather\ story -- leave in July\ John River -- stay 'til slush ice\ mooseskin boat -- haul meat\ skin boat\ mooseskin boat\ Allakaket -- brought dry meat to, no fish\ Kanuti Flats\ blackfish -- trap\ Bergman, Billy -- father\ mother\ Kanuti Flats -- winter, people traveling lake to lake for blackfish\ caribou -- also scarce in past\ moose -- many in 1900\ Old Man Camp\ gold rush -- 1898; moose population crashed\ Wiseman|

Section 3: born -- July 5, 1924\ Allakaket -- much sickness, mother gave away to save life\ Big William -- grandfather\ Abby -- Big William's wife, died two months later\ grandfather -- didn't want to give me back\ Bergman, Billy -- father\ Bergman, Ceza -- mother\ Moses, Henry -- mother's brother; Lucy\ memories -- like a dream\ Big William -- went to live with at twelve\ sickness -- parents hoped to save children by giving away|

Section 4: John River\ Anaktuvuk Pass -- some walked to\ Big William -- had friend there; doctor-healer\ Sheep Creek\ Crevice Creek\ hunting -- sheep, grizzly, black bear\ sheep -- many\ skins -- sheep, caribou\ moose-skin boat -- preserves skin, keep wet\ today -- more grizzly; nobody eats\ bear -- sightings, used to be bad omen\ hutlanee\ grizzly skin -- used for houses, door, dog pack\ dog pack -- stiff skin, doesn't poke into dog|

Section 5: winter -- freeze-up\ Henshaw\ fish trap -- lush\ snowshoes -- construction\ sled -- construction\ father -- worked all the time\ spruce hens\ parents -- explored areas to trap in winter\ trapping -- mink, marten, otter\ animal signs\ beaver -- hardest to catch|

Section 6: lush trap -- construction\ cottonwood trees\ ice -- let form\ current -- needs to be straight, catch fish all winter\ trap -- funnel shaped; foot long, tapered\ poles -- formed fence\ willows -- put between poles to form fence\ cotton tree -- split, formed perimeter around trap\ trap -- just off streambed\ grayling -- first catch, good trap\ November -- start catching lush|

Section 7: October -- many people left then\ freeze-up\ old people -- watched fish traps\ Henshaw -- mother checked trap\ Bergman, Billy -- caught 300 in several days\ Alatna -- more lush\ Koyukuk -- less fish\ lush -- good, rich fish\ fish -- freeze them\ trapping -- all winter, not quantity, good price|

Section 8: Thanksgiving -- best ever at age thirteen\ falltime -- 1938\ violin -- first learning\ grandfather -- coming to town with\ Henshaw\ dancing\ brothers -- played music\ Bergman, Edward -- oldest brother\ Oldman, Abraham\ William, William -- grew up with; cousin\ Koyukuk, Grafton -- first cousin, played mandolin\ Koyukuk, Walter -- played guitar\ music -- the idea got in\ camp -- had violin there\ Jim River\ South Fork\ Effie -- sister\ song -- learned just one\ grandfather -- offered to walk to Allakaket for holiday|

Section 9: Thanksgiving\ trip -- three dogs, no trail, long\ Fish Creek\ William, Art -- family there\ camping -- tent\ William, Robert\ South Fork -- people there\ Old Henzie -- Moses Henzie's grandparents\ Henshaw -- trail to Allakaket\ Linus, Cathleen\ brothers -- off hunting\ Todaalltonh Dinh -- translation "big lake"\ Lake Todatonten -- Todaalltonh Dinh\ missionaries -- Allakaket\ Kay, Miss -- gave chance to play violin\ Miss Hill\ dance -- kids danced\ fox trot\ one step\ Christmas -- had fiddle to himself\ Edward -- quit playing\ William -- quit too\ Henzie, Moses -- got started on fiddle|

Section 10: AK Boogey\ Eagle Island Blues|

Section 11: hunting\ trapping -- marten, fox, wolverine, mink\ mink -- ate baked\ grandfather -- Old Chief Moses\ marten -- good meat\ caribou -- started to come back from South\ Tanana -- caribou crossed above\ Kanuti Flats\ caribou -- no more from south in 1940's\ western herd -- come from North\ South Fork -- migration|

Section 12: western herd -- small\ 1970's -- caribou crash\ pipeline -- stopped migration\ Kobuk -- Selawik herd\ Bettles\ Alatna\ Hughes\ moose -- came back\ South Fork -- deep snow, lots of moose, 1937\ Black Jack\ Sam family -- Frank & Harding\ U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service -- nine years employment\ board -- Alaska Department of Fish and Game\ brother -- Edward\ Alaska Department of Fish and Game\ meetings -- attending to learn|

Section 13: spring camp\ muskrat -- hunting and trapping\ Allakaket -- April 1st, gather to get boats\ South Fork People\ boats -- haul out\ Tsaalaatna\ Kanuti River\ Cheechako -- was one, liked to ride along\ dogs -- sharing to line up river\ potlatches -- April\ New Years -- potlatch\ food -- sharing\ dance -- every night for week\ spring camp -- out till June 10\ traps -- muskrat\ summer -- move to town again\ Kanuti River\ Old Man River -- twelve miles below Allakaket\ lining -- low water, mid-June|

Section 14: dogs\ lining -- pulling boats upriver with dogs\ boats -- 24 feet or larger\ lining rope -- 100 or more\ dogs -- three or four; one person leading\ rope -- tied mid-boat, balance\ Sam's family -- trained dogs well\ Simon, Pollock -- tour idea|

Section 15: Allakaket -- Fourth of July\ gathering -- begin about June 20\ camp -- set up for holidays\ fish nets -- catch a few whitefish\ Fourth of July -- potlatch\ dance -- nightly\ music\ visitors -- Hughes, Huslia\ Allakaket -- biggest gathering point on Koyukuk River\ Evans, Wilfred -- brought food, bought furs\ Dubin, Sam -- store\ Evans, Wilfred -- store\ sports -- bow and arrow shoot, foot race, driving nails, three-legged race, wheel barrow race, jumping|

Section 16: baseball -- men vs. women\ willow ring -- hit hole with spear\ game -- dropped off in 1940's, old game\ grandfather -- stories of early day games|