Field notes: Alaska, v4401
Page 191
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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.