GRAPHIC ART OF THE ESKIMOS. 755 



grave. At East Cape, Siberia, there is a trace of the Arctic Eskimos, but differing 

 from their nearest neighbors, the Diometle people. 



In the vicinity of East Cape there are a few ruins of underground houses, and a 

 few Eskimo words are still used by the people. Twenty miles westward from Cape 

 Tchaplin is Plover Bay, where both the Eskimo and Deermen language is spoken, 

 but the Eskimo is on a rapid decline. 



SUBTRIBES OR SETTLEMENTS. 



The Eskimo of littoral Alaska are divided into a considerable num 

 ber of geographic divisions, popularly designated as tribes, and are 

 here briefly enumerated chiefly according to W. H. DalPs arrangement, 

 his orthography being generally maintained. 



The accompanying map of Alaskan and Asiatic coasts will serve to 

 further aid in locating the points occupied by the various native settle 

 ments below enumerated. Plate 1. 



The Aleutians, properly so called, are divided into two tribes, the 

 Atkans and Unalashkans. The former belong to the western part of 

 the archipelago, and the latter were originally confined to the eastern 

 portion. The original name of these people signified, according to 

 Humboldt, &quot;People of the East,&quot; and they have been regarded as 

 having originally come from the continent, a reference to which theory 

 will be made further on. 



The Ugalakmut [^Aigaruxauriut] 1 is the southernmost tribe, begin 

 ning nearly at the mouth of the Copper River and extend westward to 

 Icy Bay. Some of the eastern bands have become mixed by inter 

 marriage with the Thlinkit. &quot;The Chugachmuts occupy the shores 

 and islands of Chugach Gulf, and the southwest coasts of the penin 

 sula of Kenai.&quot; They are few in number, compared with the large 

 extent of country they occupy. 



The Kaniagmuts occupy the island of Kadiak and the greater por 

 tion of the peninsula of Aliaska. This is probably the most popular of 

 all the Eskimo tribes. They extend from Lliamna Lake to 159 west 

 longitude. 



The Oglemuts occupy the Aliaska peninsula along the northern coast, 

 from 159 west longitude to the head of Bristol Bay, and along the 

 north shore of that bay to Point $tolin. 



The Kiateqamiut inhabit the coast from near the mouth of Nushergak 

 River westward to Cape Newenham. They are the Nushergagnmts of 

 Dall, who remarks of them as particularly excelling in carving ivory, 

 and that most of their weapons and tools are made of this material. 



The Kuskwogmuts &quot;inhabit both shores of Kuskoqnim Bay, and 

 some little distance up that river.&quot; 



The Agulmuts extend &quot;from near Cape Avenoff nearly to Cape 

 Romanzoff. There are also a number of settlements of the same tribe 

 on the island of Nunivak.&quot; 



1 All words, or remarks, within brackets are added by the present writer. 



