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137. Teller. — Old Eskimo site; some still live here with a few 

 whites. A few Eskimo camps along Tuksuk Channel. 



138. Salt Lake (Imturuk Basin). — Ruins seen on north shore. 

 (A. H.) 



139. Old sites near eastern end of lake ; a Chukchee-Eskimo battle- 

 field in vicinity. (A. H.) 



140. Old village site on the St. Marys River. 



141. Burials reported. 



142. Wales. — Old Nykhta, Zagoskin's maps; see special descrip- 

 tion; collections. 



The Northern Shore of the Seward Peninsula 



This shore is but little known to science. It is dangerous of ap- 

 proach to any except small boats. The only place that could be 

 visited by me was Shishmaref, a good-sized thriving Eskimo village, 

 on both sides of which along the sea are remains of old sites with 

 burials. The more important old settlement was that to the east 

 of the village. Here are found large and extensive heaps, the tops 

 of which have recently been leveled for fox cages, the whole site 

 belonging, regrettably, to a newly established fox farm. It is an 

 old site, though probably occupied up to white man's times, and 

 is doubtless of some importance. Excavations would still be possible, 

 as the bulk of the remains is intact ; and though the surface skeletal 

 material has been removed (part saved for our collections), there are 

 indications of surface burials (assimilations by the tundra) in the 

 ground. 



Between Wales and Shishmaref are several dead sites, as shown 

 on the map, and some of them, judging from the information ob- 

 tained, are of promise. One of these settlements, " Tapkhaig," was 

 evidently still a living village at the time of Zagoskin (1840). 



Northeast and east of Shishmaref the coast is known even less than 

 that to the west. A few miles off Shishmaref I saw from a distance — 

 the boat could not approach nearer — what to all appearances was a 

 large ridge of ruins, and from various maps and other sources in- 

 formation was obtained of several other sites, all of which represent 

 former villages. From one of these sites on the Bucknell River Mr. 

 Carl Lomen secured a fine piece of fossil ivory carving, and the site 

 is said to be of much promise. The whole coast is a virgin field for 

 archeology. 



143. Mitletukeruk.— Old village site. Visited by Collins, 1928; 

 collections. 



144. Tapkhaig or Ekpik. — Old village site, originally shown in 

 Zagoskin's general map. 



145. Sinrazat. — Old site. 



