In the Alaskan wilderness . e 3 toke 4 tenke 5 cheo-lin-ala 6 nilka-toka 7 tono-no-teka 8 nilka-tenke 201 9 che-kilok-kilaye 10 che-loho-tal-ton 20 en total-ton 100 che-loho-tal-ton-tson 200 ento-ho-tal-ton-tson IIThe Kuskwogamiut On the lower Kuskokwim River and its estuary,from Sikmiut to the sea, live a group of Eskimowho, in their own language, are collectively calledKuskwogamiut, which simply means the peopleof the Kuskokwim. In speaking of a villagethey usually, though not always, employ thesame ending -miut, which directs attention tothe people rather than the place. Thus thename Mamtre
In the Alaskan wilderness . e 3 toke 4 tenke 5 cheo-lin-ala 6 nilka-toka 7 tono-no-teka 8 nilka-tenke 201 9 che-kilok-kilaye 10 che-loho-tal-ton 20 en total-ton 100 che-loho-tal-ton-tson 200 ento-ho-tal-ton-tson IIThe Kuskwogamiut On the lower Kuskokwim River and its estuary,from Sikmiut to the sea, live a group of Eskimowho, in their own language, are collectively calledKuskwogamiut, which simply means the peopleof the Kuskokwim. In speaking of a villagethey usually, though not always, employ thesame ending -miut, which directs attention tothe people rather than the place. Thus thename Mamtrelichmiut is usually employed inspeaking of a certain village. Literally it meansthe people of Mamtrelich. When they werefirst heard from the Kuskwogamiut were verynumerous and lived in a multitude of villagesalong the banks of the river and between it andthe swampy tundra. According to trustworthyreport, some of the larger villages contained morethan a thousand inhabitants each. The first European to come in contact with202. TWO VIEWS OF A BIRCHBARK VESSEL MADE BY THE SIKMIUT the Kuskwogamiut was Korsakoff, who visitedthe mouth of the river in 1818. Kolmakoff, thecommander of the fort at Nushagak, followed in1820, but neither of these casual visits left anymark upon or established any connection withthe native. In 1832 Lukeen built his post 200miles from the mouth of the river. In 1835Kolmakoff traveled overland from Bristol Bayto Norton Sound, crossing the Kuskokwim at itsmouth. In the same year Glasunoff explored themouth of the river and visited Lukeen. In 1841Lukeens fort became the redoubt of Kolmakoffand continued to be used as a trading post till1866, when it was dismantled. During the yearsfrom 1835 till the first decade of the twentiethcentury occasional traders came in contact withthe Kuskwogamiut at isolated points, but thesepoints of contact were very few and far was situated at the apex of theirdomain, where there was only an outlying popula-tion
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