In the Alaskan wilderness . met the lone Indian wecamped at the mouth of a large stream comingin on the left, where we found a small Indianencampment. The Indians called this riverthe Keklone and they said it had a branch calledthe Ishishna. They had little in the way of pos-sessions and told us that the Indian villageswere farther down the river. On the second day after this we arrived atthe mouth of the Tacotna, where, as we hadbeen led to expect from the trappers, we foundwhite men camped and a small trading postalready established. This post had just beenbuilt. A prospector who had penetra
In the Alaskan wilderness . met the lone Indian wecamped at the mouth of a large stream comingin on the left, where we found a small Indianencampment. The Indians called this riverthe Keklone and they said it had a branch calledthe Ishishna. They had little in the way of pos-sessions and told us that the Indian villageswere farther down the river. On the second day after this we arrived atthe mouth of the Tacotna, where, as we hadbeen led to expect from the trappers, we foundwhite men camped and a small trading postalready established. This post had just beenbuilt. A prospector who had penetrated fromthe Yukon to the head of a stream called theInnoko reported the discovery of gold in its discovery was considered more accessiblefrom the Kuskokwim than from the Yukon and 107 hence the invasion of the former river in thespring preceding our arrival, the establishment ofthe little post at the mouth of the Tacotna,and the consequent disgust of the trapper whomwe had met up river seeking another retreat. 108. A WOMAN OF THE SIKMIUT CHAPTER VIIThe Village Life Although we had been looking for an Indiantown ever since we launched our canoe on theKuskokwim, and although the few Indians wemet on that stream told us that their village wasfarther down, nevertheless, Sikmiut was a sur-prise to us. When we landed below the villagewe were met by a tall Indian who conductedus at once to the largest house, where we weremet by another Indian nearly as tall as the firstand we knew that we were in the presence of thechief. At no other point on our journey, eitherbefore or after, were we treated with so muchattention or with any show of ceremony. Therewas an exchange of greetings and some talk which,though by no means easy, was facilitated byseveral fortunate circumstances. In the firstplace, every intelligent Indian has an instinctiveunderstanding of dumb show, and this chief wasa very intelligent Indian. In the second place,I found that I was not entirely unacquaintedwith the
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