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which the priscan Inland tribes successively were led to the
seacoast, took place on the Westside, where more peaceable
relations between the races seem to have prevailed, this is
easily explained by the nature of the said pressure as being
only the same action as that by which the primitive inhabitants
everywhere have spread over the lands so far as no absolute
hindrance was met with, while in this instance, moreover, a
natural instinct drew the farthest advanced tribes of the original
Inlanders to the sea, as they became aware of its riches. The
principal roads in this way would be afforded by the rivers
Athna, Kuskokwim, Yukon, Selawik, Kuwak, Colville. That the
more easterly disemboguing rivers may have contributed to
promote the same migrations is, as before said, not excluded.
The same tendency of expanding then caused the marvellous
exploration of the Arctic Archipelago, which is testified by the
ruins and other remains of human existence which are scattered
over its tortuous shores, but also the peopling of Labrador,
the almost mysterious discovery of the bridge to Greenland
which Smith’s Sound affords and finally the wanderings down
to Cape Farewell. No more land being now left to gratify their
adventurous disposition for discovery, they divided into groups
of tribes whose roaming generally was restricted to alternately
removing from one wintering station to another within the same
precinct, besides the usual summer excursions. For this reason
we now are enabled to geographically divide them by assigning
the territories belonging to the different groups as follows:
1. THE WESTERN ESKIMO comprising
(a) the SOUTHERN TRIBES: Ugalachmut, Kaniagmut (Kadjak),
Ogulmut, Nushagagmut, Kuskwogmut, Magemut and Ekogmut,
numbering about 8300 souls.
(b) the NORTHERN TRIBES: Unaligmut, Malemut, Kaviagmut,
Okeeogmut, Selawigmut, Kowagmut, Nunatogmut, Nuwukmut,
rated at 2900.
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