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its native name is Apokagamute; i. e., Apokak people. In the 

 Eleventh Census, 1890, it is called Ahpokaganhut. (G. D. A.) 



56. Eek. — Eskimo village at mouth of Eek River. 



57. Akiak. — Eskimo village on the right bank of the Kuskokwim, 

 about 30 miles above Bethel. Petrof, 1880, wrote its name Ackiag- 

 mute; i. e., Akiak people. Spurr and Post, 1898, write Akiagmut, 

 following Missionary J. H. Kilbuck. (G. D. A.) Reindeer camps 

 in vicinity. 



58. Bethel. — White and Eskimo settlement and mission at or near 

 the old Eskimo village Mumtrelega. 



59. Napaiskak. — Eskimo village on the left bank of the Kuskok- 

 wim, about 4 miles below Bethel. According to Nelson, 1878-79, its 

 native name is Napaskiagamute, and according to Missionary Kil- 

 buck, 1898, it is Napaiskagamut; i. e., Napaiskak people. 



60. Old sites. — Mr. Bundy, my companion for a time on the Bear, 

 gives the following details : " Specimens found about 12 miles below 

 Bethel, Alaska, at the mouth of the Kuskokwim River, beneath 

 about 10 or 12 feet of alluvial soil deposits of sand and clay. 



"Mr. Jack Heron, of Bethel, first noted the presence of old im- 

 plements, and upon returning with him about August 1, 1923, we 

 found the river had cut into the bank quite a bit and had brought to 

 view, after the high waters had receded, additional specimens. 



"Those found included: A large copper kettle of perhaps 8 gal- 

 lons capacity of early Russian pattern, several arrowheads of slate 

 or dark gray flint, and two spearheads of bone with several broken 

 knife blades of slate and one or two small ivory ornaments resembling 

 birds." 



61. Napakiak. — Eskimo village on the right bank of the Kus- 

 kokwim, about 10 miles below Bethel. Nelson, 1878, reports the 

 native name as Napahaiagamute. (G. D. A.) 



62. Kinak. — Eskimo village on right bank of the lower Kuskok- 

 wim. Visited by Nelson in January, 1879, who reported its native 

 name to be Kinagamiut ; i. e., Kinak people. Its population was at 

 that time about 175. Population in 1880, 60; 1890. 257. (G. D. A.) 



63. Village site (?). 



64. Kuskovak. — Eskimo village, on the right bank of the Kus- 

 kokwim River, near its mouth. Name from Nelson, who passed near 

 it in January, 1879, and who writes it Kuskovakh: (G. D. A.) 



65. Popokak. — Native village. 



66. KvJvagamk.- — Eskimo village, on the western side cf Kus- 

 kokwim Bay, Bering Sea. Visited by Nelson in January, 1879, and 

 its native name reported by him to be Koolvagavigamiut. (G. 

 D. A.) 



