1. A native making the gesture of indicating _self_ with the right hand, and with the left indicating direction and _going_. 2. The native’s habitation. 3. Scaffold used for drying fish. Upon the top of the pole is placed a piece of wood tied so that the longest end points in the direction to be taken by the recorder. 4. The baidarka conveying the recorder. 5. A native of the settlement to be visited. 6. Summer habitation. 7. “Shaman stick” or grave stick, erected to the memory of a recently deceased person, the cause of which has necessitated the journey of the recorder. 8. Winter habitation. This, together with No. 6, indicates a settlement. Fig. 56, also drawn by Naumoff, means “ammunition wanted.” [Illustration: FIG. 56.--Ammunition wanted. Alaska.] When a hunter is tracking game, and exhausts his ammunition, he returns to the nearest and most conspicuous part of the trail and sticks his ihú^nŭk in the ground, the top leaning in the direction taken. The ihú^nŭk is the pair of sticks arranged like the letter A, used as a gun-rest. This method of transmitting the request to the first passer is resorted to by the greater number of coast natives of Southern Alaska. Fig. 57, also drawn by Naumoff, means “discovery of bear; assistance wanted.” [Illustration: FIG. 57.--Assistance wanted in hunt. Alaska.] When a hunter discovers a bear, and requires assistance, he ties together a bunch of grass, or other fibrous matter, in the form of an animal with legs, and places it upon a long stick or pole which is erected at a conspicuous point to attract attention. The head of the effigy is directed toward the locality where the animal was last seen. This device is also used at times by most of the Southern Alaskan Indians. Figure 58 was also drawn by Naumoff, and signifies “starving hunters.” [Illustration: FIG. 58.--Starving hunters. Alaska.] Hunters who have been unfortunate, and are suffering from hunger, scratch or draw upon a piece of wood characters similar to those figured, and place the lower end of the stick in the ground on the trail where the greatest chance of its discovery occurs. The stick is inclined toward the locality of the habitation. The accompanying explanation will serve to illustrate more fully the information contained in the drawing. 1. A horizontal line denoting a canoe, showing the persons to be fishermen. 2. An individual with both arms extended signifying _nothing_, corresponding with the gesture for negation. 3. A person with the right hand to the mouth, signifying _to eat_, the left hand pointing to the house occupied by the hunters. 4. The habitation. The whole signifies that there is _nothing to eat_ in the _house_. This is used by natives of Southern Alaska. [Illustration: FIG. 59.--Starving hunters. Alaska.]