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M. Brock
1957
Journal
Aug 8 Wainight, Northern Alaska
Traps I and II checked at
0900 and 28 lemmings taken
from the traps (see harvest data)
On way back to village I found a
partial skeleton of a weasel, the
skull was collected.
Looked a walk about a mile west along
the beach at Wainight, walked back and
over tundra south to the lagoon, then
walked about a mile east along that
beach and then walked back to village
over the tundra. Although a lot of the
walking was along the beach, during
the entire walk only four lemmings
were seen running away. On my
first walk west along the beach I
dashed into some old abandoned houses
and found several artifacts.
The avian population takes a real
beating from the Eskimo children.
Their main sport seems to be shooting
at birds. In order of most often
observed means of killing a bird
the followings have been observed:
sling shoots, bow and arrow,
throwing stones (dirt) tree-top B-B gun
and 22.