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M. Brock
1958
June 2
Unriat, Alaska
about 1/00. Here we were met by a
Mr. Harold Griffin, who, along with his
wife and one helper, waits for Wein. They
are the only persons at the village. He seemed
extremely enthusiastic about our guest and
regretted the fact that he did not have
previous knowledge of our wants. He stated
that he, himself, had killed 43 wolves in
and about Unriat, a couple of wolverine
and a couple of white fox - Of course,
many caribou and some moose were
also taken. With his aid, as to location, we
gathered up 8 wolf skulls and one skeleton
and one wolverine skull and two partial
skeletons, one white fox skull, a moose
skull and a separate set of moose
antlers. While at Unriat, we observed two
separate herds of caribou each of about 20
in number. On another occasion Harold went
out and shot two; while watching him skin
out the animals, I broke off pieces of the antlers
which were in the velvet. They are extremely
vascular and very easily broken. Harold stated
that the caribous enjoy chewing on this
vascular, chewy material. Most of the snow was
clear from the ground.
June 3
Left Unriat by plane at about 1/00 after