In the Alaskan wilderness . Sl. A V\\ CF THE SIKMIUT. A MIXED ESKIMO AND INDIAN TYPE to a minimum the use of the dictionary. Besides,the chief brought to bear the entire resources ofhis English vocabulary picked up at the Mission,and in this way we were in very frequent com-munication with him. We stayed two days and a half among theSikmiut. We would have liked to stay longenough to cultivate a closer acquaintance withthem and to become familiar with their customs,but we had an uncertain journey ahead, the sum-mer was well spent and we had to be contentwith what we had seen and learned, hoping
In the Alaskan wilderness . Sl. A V\\ CF THE SIKMIUT. A MIXED ESKIMO AND INDIAN TYPE to a minimum the use of the dictionary. Besides,the chief brought to bear the entire resources ofhis English vocabulary picked up at the Mission,and in this way we were in very frequent com-munication with him. We stayed two days and a half among theSikmiut. We would have liked to stay longenough to cultivate a closer acquaintance withthem and to become familiar with their customs,but we had an uncertain journey ahead, the sum-mer was well spent and we had to be contentwith what we had seen and learned, hoping someday to return. On the 24th of August, at one oclock, we leftSikmiut and a little further down we stopped tocut a mast for the first time and to rig our river was wide and while the wind held wemade good time before it. On the 26th we passed the site of the oldRussian station at Kolmakoff. The story ofthis post is the story of Russian enterprise inthis part of the territory. Ivan Lukeen was bornin California of Rus
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