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Tonguse.

The Tonguse are a nomadic people, living in tents, maintaining themselves by hunting and their reindeer, which are their property, their all, the flesh and milk furnishing food and the skins clothing and shelter. When hunting they ride on deer, and on their journey men, women and children ride and pack their tent and goods on deer. The Bourkan Andskoi and Aian Turguse have one style of tent, the Okhotaki another, and Aian Turguse tent is constructed by setting poles in the ground in a circle with the tops meeting, forming a cone, dressed deerskin is then stretched around the lower half and birch bark the upper, leaving a hole at the top for the smoke to escape from the fire which is built in the center.  A good sized tent of that kind is from 12 to 15 ft. dia.

When they move they leave the people pole frame work standing, for the benefit of the next comer.

The tent we used on our journey was of the same pattern, but made of thin canvass instead of skin, and we frequently availed ourselves of the frames we found standing.

As a general thing they live very much apart, one family camping on one river, another on another.  Three or four brothers may live within 20 versts of each other and hold no communication

Transcription Notes:
- first word portion is combined with last word portion on the previous page to make the word "communication" - "Tonguse"/"Turguse" may be "Torguse", in reference to the "Torgo" settlement - doesn't look like "versts"; more like "vents"