FAUNA OF THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS AND ALASKA PENINSULA 329 



Alces alces: Moose 

 Alces alces gigas 



Russian: Los (Buxton) 



Moose are found throughout the basal part of Alaska Penin- 

 sula, where Osgood and others noted their presence in the wooded 

 regions. Griggs (1922, p. 314) found them in the Katmai 

 Region. Osgood (1904, p. 29) wrote: 



Moose are scatteringly distributed on the Alaska Peninsula and extend 

 farther west than has been generally supposed. In a native's camp on the 

 Ugaguk River I saw fresh meat and pieces of the skin of a moose which was 

 killed about October 1 on the upper waters of the King Salmon River, a 

 northeastern tributary of the Ugaguk. One of our guides, from Igagik, said 

 that he killed two small moose near the Ugashik Lakes in the fall of 1901. 

 During the spring of 1903 A. G. Maddren received reports that nearly 

 20 moose were killed by natives in the vicinity of the Naknek River. A 

 moose was said to have been killed several years before as far west as 

 Port Moller, but no confirmation of the report could be obtained. 



It is not surprising to find moose beyond the limits of coniferous 

 forest, for this happens in many parts of their range. Stragglers 

 could easily find their way as far west as Port Moller. 



Rangifer arcticus: Barren Ground Caribou 

 Rangifer arcticus granti 



Atka: Itkayech (Saur) 

 Unalaska: Ithayok (Saur) 

 Morzhovoi Bay: Ikthinkh (Wetmore) 



Grant caribou range throughout the Alaska Peninsula and 

 Unimak Island. It is said that they were on Unga Island, in the 

 Shumagins, in considerable numbers at one time (Allen 1902, p. 

 127), and caribou were reported on Deer Island. In July 1925, 

 I found a caribou skeleton on Amak Island, 12 or 14 miles north of 

 Alaska Peninsula. The bones were very old, partly buried in 

 moss and other vegetation. Part of an antler from another 

 individual also was unearthed. Kellogg (1936, p. 37) found cari- 

 bou bones in midden material from old village sites on Kodiak 

 Island. In primitive times, it is evident that caribou were more 

 plentiful on Alaska Peninsula and Unimak Island and "over- 

 flowed" to other islands, possibly to more islands than is shown 

 by these meager records. 



Jochelson (1925, p. 36) found a "reindeer" antler spoon in a 

 village midden on Umnak Island. This spoon, or the antler, may 

 possibly have come from Unimak Island in trade. 



As reported elsewhere (Murie 1935, p. 59), caribou of Alaska 

 Peninsula were at one time more closely associated with main- 



