In places even late village sites, in others burials, were witnessed being undermined by the river or the sea. Such sites with their contents will probably sooner or later be completely lost from this cause. Many doubtless have thus been lost previously.
The villages and sites located along the Yukon are here enumerated and as far as possible charted. Information about them was obtained from the older Indians or river Eskimo and from such whites as had direct knowledge in that line. Most of these sites were examined personally, but in some instances this was impossible. The details concerning those seen will be found in the Narrative, but a few generalizations may here be useful.
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a, My "spoils," loaded on sled, Point Hope. (A. H., 1926)
b, The load is heavy and sledding over sand and gravel difficult. (A. H., 1926)
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Characteristic Stone Axes. Middle Yukon