. Alaska ... Natural history; Scientific expeditions. THE ESKIMO WE SAW It was at Prince William Sound that the Harriman Ex- pedition saw the first Eskimo. According to Dr. Dall, the native people of Kadiak, the eastern end of Alaska Peninsula, and Cook Inlet down to Copper River, are genuine Eskimo and speak a dialect closely like that of the Arctic Eskimo and quite different from that of the Aleuts. The Aleuts do not come farther east than the Shumagin Islands. We first met them at Unalaska; afterward at the Pribilof Islands. At the present day the Aleuts are supposed to number less than 2,0
. Alaska ... Natural history; Scientific expeditions. THE ESKIMO WE SAW It was at Prince William Sound that the Harriman Ex- pedition saw the first Eskimo. According to Dr. Dall, the native people of Kadiak, the eastern end of Alaska Peninsula, and Cook Inlet down to Copper River, are genuine Eskimo and speak a dialect closely like that of the Arctic Eskimo and quite different from that of the Aleuts. The Aleuts do not come farther east than the Shumagin Islands. We first met them at Unalaska; afterward at the Pribilof Islands. At the present day the Aleuts are supposed to number less than 2,000 people, though the old navigators who dis- covered their existence gave them a population of from 25,000 to 30,000, which seems not unreasonable when we consider the conditions of their life in their primitive estate, and the abundance of their food supply. These people are of Eskimoan stock, but the separation of the two branches must have been long ago for they speak a language which the Eskimo do not understand. Their traditions are so similar to those of the Eskimo, and the implements which they used in primitive times so much the same that there is no longer any doubt about their relationship. (167). 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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