Alaska field notes, v1299
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604. Silmore OOOBENDS Walrus (3) 1931 South shore of the Point Hope And spit I found the carcasses of two walrus, a 5+7, still intact except for he head which had been severed. The natives say that these walrus are killed around the Diomede r King Islands, the tusks cut out of the bodies cast adrift. Sept.10 Unalaska,Unalaska Is., Alaska How Albert Olsen states that up until 1922 a herd of 15-50 walruses spent the entire year on the low land islands north of Izyambek Bay. Ivory tusks broken in conflict or from dead carcasses have been found by him all along the beach, on the north side of the peninsula. Otto Wm. Grist Claims that he has found a "dying place" of old walruses, on the north side of the peninsula and has dug up and picked up many fine aged old tusks, colored wildlace. Just where this place, is, he didn't mention, but it seems to be located near some hot springs.