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Cape Avinoff to Cape Newenham, with possibl}^ part of Niuiivak Island 

 and tlie banks of the Knskokwim River at least as far north as latitude Gl°. 

 ''J'he trading-jargon in use between them and the Indians has contaminated 

 some of the vocabularies. They do not intermarry, and some of the state- 

 ments in regard to this tribe quoted in Baer and Helmersen bear the impress 

 of romance. 



They are said by Wrangell to differ more from the following tribes 

 than from those just mentioned. They are said to number over five thou- 

 sand souls. 



NtJSHAGAG'-MUT. 



> KijdlaigmtV, Holmberg, Wrangell. 



< Agkgmiut, Worman in Tikhinenief. 



> Eijatcn, Wrangell. 



^= Nitshdgag'mut, their own name for tliem.selves. 



These people inhabit the shores of Bristol Bay west of the Niishagak 

 River to Cape Newenham, and also the banks and headwaters of that river 

 and the numerous lakes and water-courses of the tundra to the westward of 

 it. They number about four hundred souls, very widely distributed, Avith 

 their principal settlement near Fort Constantino on the Niishagak. 



OG'ULMUT. 



^ OglemUt, Dall I. c. 



^ AgUg'mut, Holaiberjj, Turner in Lmlewig. 



= Jgolcgmiut, Wrangell, Turner 1. r. 



< AgUgmiut, Worman in Tiklimcnief, Erman. 

 = Svcrnoffisi, or Nortlurners of tbo Russians. 



< TchoulclcM americani, Balbi. 



Local names : 

 Vgas'hig-tnut on tbe Ugiishik or Sulinia River. 

 Ugagog'-milt on the Ugakuk River. 

 KuHcltdg-mut on the Kwichak River. 



These Innuit inhabit the north shore of Aliaska Peninsula (whence 

 their Russian name), north to the mouth of the Niishagak River, southwest 

 to the valley of the Sidima or Ugiushik River, and eastward to the high 

 land of the crest of the peninsula, including the Iliamna Basin. 



