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 KANIAG'MUT. 



< Kuilial:sli of most Eussian writers. 



> Eadialda of Wormaii in TikUmcnief. 



< Eaniagist, Early Russian voyagers in Coxc. 



> Kaniagi, Ilolmberg. 



= Vltschna of Kcuai Indians, meaning " slaves" 

 = Kaniagmut, Dall 1. c. 



< Kodjakzy, Ermau. 

 =: Konagcs, Ludewig. 



The name of this tribe, the first of tlie restricted Inniiit stock met by 

 the Russiiins in their eastern explorations, has often been applied by Kussian 

 writers to all tlie ^vestern Innuit known to them. It is said that the origi- 

 nal name of Kadiak was Kdniuff', from which the former word has been 

 derived by corrnption; but I wish to call attention to the remarkable simi- 

 larity between the name of the j^eninsnla east of Cook's Inlet (which does 

 not appear to be an Indian word) and the root of the name of the Kadiak 

 people. From Kenai we would have Kenai-ag'-milt by ordinary inflection; 

 which I venture to suggest is the original if not the present and correct 

 form of Kaniag' inut. 



These people inhabit the island of Kadiak, the southeast shores of the 

 Peninsula of Aliaska, from Cape Kuprianoif (or Ivanhofif) to Iliamna Peak 

 in Cook's Inlet, and the islands adjacent to the shores described. 



At one time, until driven out by the Indians, they undoubtedly occu- 

 j)ied the northern shoi'e of Kenai Peninsula as well as the southern shore, 

 which is still held by an allied community of Innuit. 



The Kaniag'mut number some fifteen hundred people, and were form- 

 erly much more numerous. They have become much altered by constant 

 intercourse with the Russians for nearly eighty years, and are nominally 

 Christians. They have been frequently confounded with the Aleuts, even 

 in modern times, by voyagers and travelers. 



CIIUGACHTG-MUT. 



= Tschiigatsclii of Ilolmberg, Worman in Tiklimenief, Erman. 



:= Tscln'igatchik, Wraugell. 



= Cliugach'igmut, their own appellation for themselves. 



=r- Tschugatschi, Ludewig. 



=^ Tchotigatchi-Eonaga, Balbi. 



These people occujjy tlie shores of Chugach Gulf, or Prince William's 



