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ALASKA. 
Allen, and Nuklakayet 201 miles farther. Fort Yukon (about 
300 miles distant from Nuklakayet) was formerly a trading post. 
Lieutenant Schwatka says it was abandoned about 1880 as not 
remunerative, and Fort Reliance and Belle Isle were established. 
Both of these have since been abandoned. At Fort Yukon, the 
river is said to be 7 miles wide. 
Circle City, between Fort Yukon and Belle Isle, had a popu¬ 
lation in 1896 of 1,150. (Report on Introduction of Domestic 
Reindeer into Alaska, by Sheldon Jackson, D. D., Senate Doc. 
No. 49, Fifty-fourth Congress, second session.) Missions have 
been established and hospitals proposed. There are some 40 
white women in the district. 
