866 Chukchi and Namollo People of Eastern Siberia. [November, 
parties at the time of the walrus hunt (June) proceed along the 
coast as far as Cape Serdze, I believe, though the only informa- 
tion I have is derived from several whalers, notably Capt. Owen, 
who was boarded by them in the autumn of 1879, at nearly the 
time that the ga was frozen in, and not over fifty miles from 
that vessel, which was reported to Capt. Owen in such a way 
that he suspected it to be the /vga, and sent a letter by the first 
party (whom he paid with a large quantity of hard bread, etc.) 
offering assistance if needed. This letter, however, some time 
afterward was brought on board his own vessel by a second party 
of /nnitit, who demanded large pay for its safe delivery. 
The possibility, or probability, of parties of Jnait making 
their way along the Arctic coast at certain seasons does not affect 
the fact asserted by Lieut. Nordqvist, that the generality of the 
inhabitants, and perhaps the only permanent inhabitants of that 
coast, are Chau-chau. We know that there are large numbers of 
the latter at St. Lawrence bay, and doubtless there are also at 
other harbors on the west shore of Behring strait, including that 
at East cape, living on perfectly amiable terms with the Ya-it. 
At Plover bay they do not inhabit the same spot, though near 
neighbors. I saw an old 7sau-ya# shaman in 1866, who had coms 
all the way from Anadyr bay to perform certain rites of sacrifice 
on some of the ovals of upright stones on the hill near the.. al 
chorage. He was accompanied by several of his compatriots, 
while the Y#-c¢ clustered round, interested spectators of a rite 
they did not join in. 
n, though 
Several Chau-chau were residents of Cape Chapli 
most of the natives there were Ya-it. Old “ Enoch” was mal 
who received each year until his death, a number of casks of 
strong liquor from the traders, for which he faithfully accounted 
the following spring, 
A word may be said as to the jargon of which I have spoken. 
It is similar in some of its constituents to a jargon used on 
shores of Norton sound and at Kotzebue sound. That 'S oF 
corrupted Russian, Hawaiian and English words are much t a : 
same, but on the Asiatic side there is a large admixture of wort = 
of Korak (Chukchi) extraction. au-kau, corrupted aa 
for food, “grub,” eatables generally, is in common use “ _ a 
coasts. Shawak or Chopak, corrupted Russian for dog (sabak) oe 
_ in-use on both coasts, Many of the words consists of afCC™ 
