﻿NO. 7 SMITHSONIAN EXPLORATIONS, I926 I49 



The old village at Point Hope is yielding large numbers of speci- 

 mens of great variety — of such variety that one stands astonished at 

 the extent and refinement of the former culture of these far north 

 people. Point Hope is at the extreme end of a spit of sand and gravel 

 many miles long extending into the sea and exposed to all the winds 

 and storms — scarcely a place where one would expect to find a people 

 of such varied or advanced culture. Many old articles of native trade 

 appear from the diggings, trade with the people of Kobuk River to 

 those of the Bering Sea and perhaps even Asia. And in the upper 

 layer occur occasional articles (metal, beads) of white man's 

 introduction. 



The further journey to Barrow was a series of difficulties, with 

 not much of anthropological interest except at Barrow itself. Between 

 Point Hope and Barrow there are but few settlements, old or present. 

 There is however Kevaleena, a small new village, with two old and 

 possibly important sites, one along the lagoon and one further inland, 

 on the river. Then comes W'ainwright, another small recent village 

 with an older site nearby, followed by a few little camps of reindeer 

 herders. Then, just outside of Barrow, is an interesting old village 

 site, and again another, further on, known as the '' Hunting Place," 

 the latter yielding good archeological specimens. Still further north 

 there is a village at Point Barrow ; but from Point Barrow eastward 

 the now northern coast is seemingly barren until one reaches Barter 

 Island, where there is a large dead village, which however was still 

 occupied in the time of the earliest sailings in these waters. A col- 

 lection of material from this village, seen in the possession of Mr. 

 Charles Brower, the intelligent trader and collector of Barrow, proved 

 interesting, though of much the same nature as the material along the 

 coast this side of Barrow and, except for a few objects not as refined 

 or beautiful. 



On the return trip, each of the villages along the Arctic coast was 

 re-visited and some small places were seen in addition ; and then the 

 " Bear " endeavored once more to stop at Cape Prince of Wales, but 

 was prevented by a storm ; it next tried to stop at the Diomedes — 

 prevented by storm ; at St. Lawrence — prevented by storm ; once more 

 at the small Diomede where Dr. Jenness awaited us, but unable to 

 approach. Then a landing was tried at Nunivak Islands further south, 

 but the boat was again driven away by storms and had to turn towards 

 the Pribyloft"s and Unalaska. 



The total experience among the Bering and Arctic coasts may be 

 summed up as follows : We are confronted here with an extensive re- 

 gion that is but sparsely peopled — the total population of today prob- 

 ably not exceeding 5,000 individuals — and which evidently has not been 



