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TWO HUNDRED MILES UP THE KUSK0KW1M 



to one of the storehouses above mentioned, located near the out- 

 let of a small, deep river, it being 11 o'clock at night and still 

 daylight. The weather was clear, but head winds detained them 

 for the next five days. Starting on June 18,, at 2 a. m., just be- 

 fore sunrise, they made an eight-mile pull to a village of about 

 ten barabarahs or native houses, named Kuskokwagamute (it is 

 well to remember these names), and, lying by until 1 o'clock, 

 attempted to snooze, but were distressed by ravenous mosquitoes. 

 Then a two-hours' paddle found them, at 3 o'clock, at the village 

 of Apokachamute, numbering about 150 inhabitants, located on 

 a small tributary of the Kuskokwim, where large numbers of beau- 

 tiful salmon were lying on the bank waiting to be dressed. All 

 the people were dressed in sealskin coats and wore beads and 

 ivory ornaments. Tying by twelve hours, starting again at 3 

 o'clock in the morning — always waiting for the tide to serve — 

 they arrived at Togiarhazorimute at 8, and after breakfast made 

 a 60-mile run to Tomavigamute {mute means village). Traveling- 

 was delightful. A fine breeze kept the mosquitoes off. Point 

 after point was reached and left behind. The skin boats seemed 

 to glide through the water. "As we went on, the river grew nar- 

 rower, so that the opposite bank became distinctly visible. The 



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BIDARKAK (.SKIN OANOEs) ON THE LOWER KUSKOKWIM 



