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which the priscan Inland tribes successively were led to the 

 seacoast, took place on the Westside , where more peaceable 

 relations between the races seem to have prevailed, this is 

 easily explained by the nature of the said pressure as being 

 only the same action as that by which the primitive inhabitants 

 everywhere have spread over the lands so far as no absolute 

 hindrance was met with, while in this instance, moreover, a 

 natural instinct drew the farthest advanced tribes of the original 

 Inlanders to the sea, as they became aware of its riches. The 

 principal roads in this way would be afforded by the rivers 

 Athna, Kuskokwim, Yukon, Selawik, Kuwak, Colville. That the 

 more easterly disemboguing rivers may have contributed to 

 promote the same migrations is, as before said, not excluded. 

 The same tendency of expanding then caused the marvellous 

 exploration of the Arctic Archipelago, which is testified by the 

 ruins and other remains of human existence which are scattered 

 over its tortuous shores, but also the peopling of Labrador, 

 the almost mysterious discovery of the bridge to Greenland 

 which Smith's Sound affords and finally the wanderings down 

 to Gape Farewell. No more land being now left to gratify their 

 adventurous disposition for discovery, they divided into groups 

 of tribes whose roaming generally was restricted to alternately 

 removing from one wintering station to another within the same 

 precinct, besides the usual summer excursions. For this reason 

 we now are enabled to geographically divide them by assigning 

 the territories belonging to the different groups as follows: 



1. THE WESTERN ESKIMO comprising 



(a) the SOUTHERN TRIBES: Ugalachmut, Kaniagmut (Radjak), 

 Ogulmut, Nushagagmut, Kuskwogmut, Magemut and Ekogmut, 

 numbering abrut 8300 souls. 



(b) the NORTHERN TRIBES: Unaligmut, Malemut, Kaviagmut, 

 Okeeogmut, Selawigmut, Kowagmut, Nunatogmut, Nuwukmut, 

 rated at 2900. 



