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my party who had been brought up by Lieut. Kennan more than a month before.

The only articles of any importance left a Camp Macrae were 8 pairs of Army blankets, two barrels of beef, and one of Pork & the Whale boat. I do not believe the Tchuktchi will disturb them, after all my troubles with them we parted good friends, O-Cary-Cray not excepted.

Enclosed please find a rough sketch of the route I traveled from Camp Macrae to Markova. The river Arnova named after the Tchuktchi pronunciation of Lieut. Arnold's name is a stream about one fourth the size of the Anadyr. It flows through narrow valleys as far as we followed it with mountains and hills on each side. The tributaries from the south & the main stream have narrow skirts of timber (Cotton Wood & Willow) along their banks Upon these tributaries most of the Tchuktchi inhabiting the Anadyr Bay & vicinity Winter.

The mountains are easily passed, and one crosses the water-shed separating the Arnova & Alyan almost without Knowing it. The river Alyan winds it way through valleys densely timbered with Larch, Birch, & cotton wood. This stream alone would