No old sites were learned of on this part of the river, and few, if
any, are probably preserved, due to lowness of banks and extensive
destruction (cutting of the banks) by the river.
The present Indian villages on the river are as follows:
1. Nenana (or Tortella), about a mission, half a mile from the railroad
station and town of the same name, on the left bank of the Tanana and
near the mouth of the Nenana River. (Fig. 1.)
2. "Old Minto," 27 miles from Nenana, right bank; but a small number of
Indians there now.
3. Village at the mouth of the Tolovana, right bank (where the Tolovana
enters the Tanana); the village is on the distal (downstream) point.
Nearly abandoned; only two families there now. Summer (fishing) camp on
the opposite point.
4. A small settlement at mouth of Baker Creek, right bank, about 4
miles upstream from Hot Springs.
5. "Crossjacket village," on left bank, about 45 miles above Tanana, 40
miles below Hot Springs. Used to be called "Cosna." Occupied, though
only a few there.