57. _Akiak._--Eskimo village on the right bank of the Kuskokwim, about
30 miles above Bethel. Petrof, 1880, wrote its name Ackiagmute; i.
e., Akiak people. Spurr and Post, 1898, write Akiagmut, following
Missionary J. H. Kilbuck. (G. D. A.) Reindeer camps in vicinity.
58. _Bethel._--White and Eskimo settlement and mission at or near the
old Eskimo village Mumtrelega.
59. _Napaiskak._--Eskimo village on the left bank of the Kuskokwim,
about 4 miles below Bethel. According to Nelson, 1878-79, its native
name is Napaskiagamute, and according to Missionary Kilbuck, 1898, it
is Napaiskagamut; i. e., Napaiskak people.
60. _Old sites._--Mr. Bundy, my companion for a time on the _Bear_,
gives the following details: "Specimens found about 12 miles below
Bethel, Alaska, at the mouth of the Kuskokwim River, beneath about 10
or 12 feet of alluvial soil deposits of sand and clay.
"Mr. Jack Heron, of Bethel, first noted the presence of old implements,
and upon returning with him about August 1, 1923, we found the river
had cut into the bank quite a bit and had brought to view, after the
high waters had receded, additional specimens.
"Those found included: A large copper kettle of perhaps 8 gallons
capacity of early Russian pattern, several arrowheads of slate or dark
gray flint, and two spearheads of bone with several broken knife blades
of slate and one or two small ivory ornaments resembling birds."
61. _Napakiak._--Eskimo village on the right bank of the Kuskokwim,
about 10 miles below Bethel. Nelson, 1878, reports the native name as
Napahaiagamute. (G. D. A.)
62. _Kinak._--Eskimo village on right bank of the lower Kuskokwim.
Visited by Nelson in January, 1879, who reported its native name to be
Kinagamiut; i. e., Kinak people. Its population was at that time about
175. Population in 1880, 60; 1890, 257. (G. D. A.)