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the mud. But the probably most valuable central and lower por- 

 tions of the piles remain. The locality calls loudly for proper ex- 

 ploration, which will well repay any museum by the quantity and 

 value of the specimens that are sure to be recovered. 



POINT HOPE TO POINT BARROW 



Information about this part of the northwesternmost coast of 

 Alaska was obtained principally from Jim Allen, the trader at 

 Wainwright, and Charles Brower, the trader at Barrow; but parts 

 of the coast were also examined in person. The number of old sites 

 is rather large, but it appears that there is not much of special 

 promise until we reach near Barrow. 



Old "igloos" southwest of Barrow: From 5 to 8 miles south- 

 west of Barrow and at some distance (up to about 400 yards) from 

 the shore there existed, and in part still exist, a series of elevations 

 which the natives of Barrow always regarded as natural. On 

 excavation the larger of these elevations proved to be old structures 

 with numerous burials and cultural objects, and the remains, as 

 shown elsewhere, are exceptional for this coast. Six of these 

 " mounds " have been excavated by the University of Pennsylvania 

 Expedition (Van Valin), while several are still remaining. It is 

 very important that these should be carefully excavated before they 

 are attacked by the natives of Barrow for mercenary purposes. 



BARROW AND POINT BARROW 



Two large living villages, with old sites and inhumed (natural) 

 burials in their vicinity, and with some old remains between them. 

 Barrow is the most important present mixed settlement and center of 

 civilization in the Arctic. Besides the school, it contains a mission 

 hospital and recently a meteorological observatory and wireless sta- 

 tion. The tundras to the east of the village for about iy 2 miles show 

 patches of burials, particularly in the more distant parts of this 

 region on the elevations to both sides of a small stream. 



Much archeological work remains to be done about Barrow, par- 

 ticularly in the remainder of the old " igloos." East of Point Bar- 

 row the population is very sparse and no ruins of any note or settle- 

 ments are reported before those of the Barter Island and the mouth 

 of the Colville River. 



175. Pingisliuguruk. — A small old site. 



176. Ketchemelaik. — A small old site. 



176a. Ipnot. — Eskimo village on the Arctic coast, near Cape 

 Thomson, a little south of Point Hope. Name from Petrof. who 

 wrote it Ip-Not and Ipnot, and reported a population of 40 in 1880. 



177. Old whaling station. 



