Alaska -- Antiquities; Eskimos; Eskimos -- Anthropometry; Indians of North America -- Alaska; Indians of North America -- Yukon
51. _Mumtrak._--Eskimo village at head of Goodnews Bays, Bering
Sea. Population in 1890, 162. Name from Petrof, 1880, who spelled
it Mumtrahamute. (G. D. A.) Visited 1927 by Collins and Stewart;
collections.
52. Site of a village, at junction of Bessie Creek and Arolic River.
53. _Arolik._--A village. H. W. Averill of Bethel writes me under date
of March 3, 1927, as follows: "I am sending you some old stone pieces
that came from the Aralic River, a tributary of the lower Kuskokwim
River, that were washed up by a bend in the river from an old village
that is now 6 feet underground."
[Illustration: FIGURE 20.--Eskimo villages and sites on Nushagak Bay to
Kuskokwim Bay]
54. _Kwinak._--Eskimo village on the eastern shore of Kuskokwim
Bay, at the mouth of the Kwinak or Kanektok River, Bering Sea. So
given by Sarichef, 1826, and Tebenkof, 1849. Petrof, 1880, writes it
Quinehahamute, or, omitting the termination _mute_, meaning _people_,
it would be Quene-a-ak. (G. D. A.)
55. _Apokak._--Eskimo village on the eastern shore of Kuskokwim Bay,
at the mouth of Apoka River. According to Nelson, 1878-79, its native
name is Apokagamute; i. e., Apokak people. In the Eleventh Census,
1890, it is called Ahpokagamiut. (G. D. A.)
56. _Eek._--Eskimo village at mouth of Eek River.
57. _Akiak._--Eskimo village on the right bank of the Kuskokwim, about
30 miles above Bethel. Petrof, 1880, wrote its name Ackiagmute; i.
e., Akiak people. Spurr and Post, 1898, write Akiagmut, following
Missionary J. H. Kilbuck. (G. D. A.) Reindeer camps in vicinity.
58. _Bethel._--White and Eskimo settlement and mission at or near the
old Eskimo village Mumtrelega.
59. _Napaiskak._--Eskimo village on the left bank of the Kuskokwim,
about 4 miles below Bethel. According to Nelson, 1878-79, its native
name is Napaskiagamute, and according to Missionary Kilbuck, 1898, it
is Napaiskagamut; i. e., Napaiskak people.
60. _Old sites._--Mr. Bundy, my companion for a time on the _Bear_,
gives the following details: "Specimens found about 12 miles below
Bethel, Alaska, at the mouth of the Kuskokwim River, beneath about 10
or 12 feet of alluvial soil deposits of sand and clay.
"Mr. Jack Heron, of Bethel, first noted the presence of old implements,
and upon returning with him about August 1, 1923, we found the river
had cut into the bank quite a bit and had brought to view, after the
high waters had receded, additional specimens.
"Those found included: A large copper kettle of perhaps 8 gallons
capacity of early Russian pattern, several arrowheads of slate or dark
gray flint, and two spearheads of bone with several broken knife blades
of slate and one or two small ivory ornaments resembling birds."
61. _Napakiak._--Eskimo village on the right bank of the Kuskokwim,
about 10 miles below Bethel. Nelson, 1878, reports the native name as
Napahaiagamute. (G. D. A.)
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