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Lay north to Cape Seppings in the south, the Tig erach ah mutes occupied all the 

 villages, their eastern <>r inland summer villages being, however, con lined to a dis- 

 tance of bO miles inland. The tribe, Tig erach amutes, now confine themselves to 

 Point Hope and Ouivak (Cape Lisburne) villages in the winter. 



From Cape Seppings to (ape Krusenstern, and inland to the Nouua tak River, 

 tlnie still remain about 40 people, the remnant of a tribe called Key wall ling 

 nach ah mutes. Deaths by violence and disease have decimated the ranks of* these 

 people. They will in a few years entirely disappear as a distinctive tribe. 



Inhabiting the winter houses, from Cape Krusenstern to the month of the Nounatak 

 river, there is no distinctive tribal coguomen known, the residents being amixed lot 

 of Kewalingmuh ahnmtes and Xounatacbamutcs, with a few Point Hope people. 



Similar conditions prevail at the island upon which Cape Blossom is situated, the 

 villages being composed of Kaug 'ich ainutcs, Buckland River. Nouna tach amutes, 

 Selawig amutes, and Cape Prince of Wales natives, a hybrid race known as Kig ich 

 towak mutes. 



Selawig ah mutes. Sclav, ig River. 



Kaug ich amutes. These pcoplo, having their cradle on the Buckland River, have 

 spread over the country as far south as Golovin and Norton Bay and to Saint Mich- 

 aels. Known to the Russians as Mahlo' mutes. 



From Buckland River to Cape Prince of Wales reside perhaps 200 people, known 

 as Tap kach ah mutes, a mixture of Kaug ich amutes and King ich ah mutes (Cape 

 Prince of Wales). 



King egan. Cape Prince of Wales King ich a mutes. 



Ig nedshook. Little Diomedc Imach lich a mutes. These people by their lan- 

 guage indicate that their early origin was from Cape Prince of Wales, intermarriages 

 with natives of the Big Diomedo Island (Tchuk chees) having been prevalent. 



Port Clarence and Grantley Harbor to Golovin Bay is inhabited by a tribe known 

 as the Kav o ah rach a mutes. 



Kings Islands. Onkivak ah mutes. 



Sledge Island. Ah yach a mutes. 



In the five villages from oft' Sledge Island to Golovin Bay the Sledge Island natives 

 are intermingled with the Kangich amutes. 



From Unalachleet, Norton Sound, to the confines of the delta of the Yukon, the 

 entire inhabitants of the district are known as Mach ach amutes. 



It must be borne in mind that these people call themselves, if asked, " Where do you 

 belong?" by the name of their village; and only by a knowledge of the dialectical 

 differences can their tribal origin be discovered. 



