MAT.iKuY] DEPARTURE AND DIRECTION. 149 



The following is the text in the same dialect last mentioned, with 

 translation : 



Hni a-qtci-kua a-xla inun mi-na-miin, am-lic-ka inn' ik ha-wa-xa-lu-a, 



I go (to) another place, many sleeps 



(settlement) (nights) 



ta- wit-ill, tca-li' hni a-ni -qlii-a. 



there, then I return. 



The drawing presented in Figure 49 was made by a native Alaskan, 

 and represents information to the effect that the artist contemplates 

 making a journey to hunt deer. The drawing is made upon a narrow 

 strip of wood, and placed somewhere about the door of the house, where 

 visitors will readily perceive it. 



4 5 6 7 



Fir,. 49. — Alaskan notice of hunt. 



1. Eepresents the contour lines of the country and mountain peaks. 



2. Native going away from home. 



3. Stick placed on hill-top, with bunch of grass attached, pointing in 

 the direction he has taken. 



4. Native of another settlement, with whom the traveler remained 

 over night. 



5. Lodge. 



6. Line representing the end of the first day, i. e., the time between 

 two days; rest. 



7. Traveler again on the way. 



8. Making signal that on second day (right hand raised with two ex- 

 tended fingers) he saw game (deer, 9) on a hill-top, which he secured, 

 so terminating his journey. 



9. Deer. 



Figures 50, 51, and 52 were drawn by Kaumoff, under the circum- 

 stances above mentioned, and signify "Have gone home." 



Fig. 50. — Alaskan notice of direction. 



His explanation of Figure 50 is as follows: 



When one of a hunting party is about to return home and wishes to 

 inform his companions that he has set out on such return, he ascends 

 the hill-top nearest to which they became separated, where he ties a bunch 

 of grass or other light colored material to the top of a long stick or pole. 

 The lower end of the stick is placed firmly in the ground, leaning in the 

 direction taken. When another hill is ascended, another stick with 



