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It is an insii'iiificaiit stream of no lewjiih worth mentioning. 2J. The coast 

 between Cape Romanzoffand the head of Norton Sound is laid down with gross 

 errors, and is utterly unreliable even in the best charts. 3d. The Esquimaux 

 name of one small mouth of the Youkon Delta is Kwichpak. This name is 

 erroneously applied to the whole river, on which for a thousand miles the In- 

 dians call themselves the Youkonikatana, or " Men of the Youkon." 4th. The 

 general course of the river, when laid down at all, is much too far to the south 

 and west, except near the mouth. The junction of the Porcupine and Youkon 

 is near the boundary line, a little north of the Arctic Circle. There is one 

 large river which has been confounded with the Youkon, emptying into the 

 Youkon half way between the English Fort and the Russian Fort, called by 

 the natives the Tanana, or River of MQuntains. It is usually supposed, and so 

 represented on maps, that the Rocky Mountains extend to the Arctic Sea ; but 

 this is erroneous, for the mountains end at about the headwaters of Porcupine 

 River, and a level plain or disconnected hills make up the remainder of the 

 landscape northward. 



