---------------------+------------+------------+----------- | LATITUDE, | LONGITUDE, | | North. | West. | DIP. LOCALITY. | Deg. Min. | Deg. Min. | Deg. Min. ---------------------+------------+------------+----------- ALASKA-- | | | Ounalaska | 53 56 | 166 13 | 66 53.5 St. Michael's | 63 27 | 161 37 | 75 00.6 Kotzebue sound | 66 03 | 161 47 | 77 05.0 Cape Sabine | 68 50 | 165 10 | 78 47.8 Icy cape | 70 08 | 161 58 | 79 56.3 Point Barrow | 71 23 | 156 15 | 81 18.6 | | | ASIA-- | | | Plover bay | 64 21 | 173 11 | 73 34.7 Cape Wankarem | 67 48 | 175 11 | 77 09.7 Wrangel island | 71 04 | 177 40 | 79 52.5 ---------------------+------------+------------+----------- To commemorate our visit, a flag, placed on a pole of driftwood, was erected on a cliff, and to the staff was secured a wide-mouthed bottle and a tin cylinder, in which I enclosed information of our landing, etc. On raising the flag three cheers were given, and a salute was fired from the cutter in honor of our newly acquired territory. These evidences of our short visit, which was soon afterward supplemented by the more extended exploration of the _Rodgers_, having now become matters of history, it may be remarked with pardonable pride that the acquisition of this remote island, though of no political or commercial value, will serve the higher and nobler purpose of a perpetual reminder of American enterprise, courage and maritime skill. GENERAL REMARKS ON THE NORTHERN INHABITANTS.