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ALASKA. 



The Aleuts have become thoroughly Russianized. They talk 

 Russian, belong to the Russian Orthodox Church, shade off into 

 Russian blood, features, and complexion, and affect Russian ideas. 

 They are rapidly fading away. Their physical condition is far 

 from being satisfactory, and their moral condition is worse. They 

 are an easy-going, gentle, and kindly disposed people, somewhat 

 lacking in force of character. They secure a comfortable living 

 with their sea-otter hunting and fishing, and have little forethought 

 as to the future. 



The Thlingkets, Tsimpseans, and Hydas live in southeastern 

 Alaska and are very similar in character and habits, though their 

 languages are different. Their contact with white people has very 

 much modified them in many respects, and many of them now 

 converse freely in the English language, while a few^ of them read 

 and write. 



