. Alaska ... Natural history; Scientific expeditions. i8o GRINNELL unpacked, but was lying on the beach just as it had been removed from the boats. Each camp had at least one large umiak or skin traveling boat, and there were a few kayaks. The Eskimo were well provided with food; they had fresh seal and walrus meat, dried seal meat, fresh salmon and smelts, and large quantities of dried flat-fish. They had also buckets filled with tiny, silvery fish, some- what like a smelt in general appearance, but very small. These they were eating and also feeding to the dogs. These Port Clarence Eskimo we
. Alaska ... Natural history; Scientific expeditions. i8o GRINNELL unpacked, but was lying on the beach just as it had been removed from the boats. Each camp had at least one large umiak or skin traveling boat, and there were a few kayaks. The Eskimo were well provided with food; they had fresh seal and walrus meat, dried seal meat, fresh salmon and smelts, and large quantities of dried flat-fish. They had also buckets filled with tiny, silvery fish, some- what like a smelt in general appearance, but very small. These they were eating and also feeding to the dogs. These Port Clarence Eskimo were a stout, sturdy people, and all of them seemed strong and healthy. Among them were several quite tall women, one at least of whom overtopped most of the men and boys about her. All, men, women, and chil- dren, seemed healthy, and all seemed quite clean. Each family had at least a half dozen dogs, which were usually tethered on the beach by twos and threes. While some of them were white and others black, most were gray and very wolf-like in appearance. I have never seen dogs that looked so much like wolves. They all seemed very good-na- tured, and not at all dis- posed to regard strangers with suspicion. Scarcely any of them barked at the members of the party who were strolling around among them. The hunting implements that these people carry were many of them of primitive type — harpoons, seal spears, and fish spears, tipped with ivory or bone. I saw one. ESKIMO WOMAN, MAN, AND CHILD, PORT Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Harriman Alaska Expedition (1899); Harriman, Edward Henry, 1848-1909; Merriam, C. Hart (Clinton Hart), 1855-1942; Washington Academy of Sciences (Washington, D. C. ). New York, Doubleday, Page & Company
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