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inhabitants having gone to Nome for the summer. At Nome, where 

 they now come every year, these Eskimo work at various trades, and 

 manufacture articles from the walrus ivoiy which they have gathered 

 during the rest of the year. They do not return until late in the 

 season, when they have sold all they have made. We also passed 

 Sledge Island, with two interesting dead villages which ought to be 

 explored. 



The next stop was on the smaller or American Diomede. At this 

 time the writer did not have permission from the Russian Government 

 (received later) to visit the larger island, which belongs to Russia. 

 We found, however, that both the larger and smaller Diomede were 



Fig. 148. — June 26, 1926. Bird's-eye view of Cape Prince of Wales, Alaska. 

 Picture taken at midnight on above date showing the midnight sun. The point 

 on the left hand margin of the picture is the nearest point to Siberia. 



Note: The village can be seen extending along the coast to a point about 

 300 ft. beyond Village Creek. Large body of water on the extreme right is 

 Lopp Lagoon. (Photograph by Clark M. Garber.) 



nearly deserted, the inhabitants having gone to Nome where they, too, 

 stay through the summer making articles of fossil (mammoth, walrus) 

 or fresh (walrus) ivory. If the student wants to see these islanders 

 in summer he must go to Nome, where on one side of the town live 

 the Diomede, on the other the King Island people. The majority of 

 both were seen there before the start with the help of the very efficient 

 and good Father La Fortune. 



Although the small Diomede is difficult for exploration, some in- 

 teresting features were found. They consisted of rock burials, old 

 refuse heaps, and ruined habitations. The burials have been made 

 among big boulders of granite that cover the steep slopes of the 



