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Allen, and Nuklakayet 201 miles farther. Fort Yukon (about 

 300 miles distant from Nuklakayet) was formerly a trading post. 

 Lieutenant Schwatka says it was abandoned about 1880 as not 

 rem-unerative, and Fort Reliance and Belle Isle were established. 

 Both of these have since been abandoned. At Fort Yukon, the 

 river is said to be 7 miles wide. 



Circle City, between Fort Yukon and Belle Isle, had a popu- 

 lation in 1896 of 1,150. (Report on Introduction of Domestic 

 Reindeer into Alaska, by Sheldon Jackson, D. D., Senate Doc. 

 No. 49, Fifty-fourth Congress, second session.) Missions have 

 been established and hospitals proposed. There are some 40 

 white women in the district. 



