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THE YUKON TERRITORY 



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examined personally, but in some instances this was impossible. The 

 details concerning those seen will be found in the Narrative, but a 

 few generalizations may here be useful. 



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Figure 2. — The Yukon from Tanana to below Kokrines 



The dead village sites are much alike along the. whole river. 

 They are generally located at the mouth of some inland stream that 

 carries clear fresh water, particularly if on the other side there is 

 the protection of a hill. The dwellings were invariably on a flat 

 and were throughout semisubterranean and of the same general 



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Figure 3. — The Yukon from below Knkrines to below Koyukuk 



type; which applies also to the larger communal houses or 

 " cashims." The sites can often be told from afar in summer by 

 (he rich grass that covers them. 



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