Chukchee
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Chukchees,
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Chukchee
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I know every Chukchee word, but I never heard that.
From More Tales by Polish Authors by Various
People will tell you where;—the tavern is the best, for a good deal of business of different kinds is being done with the Chukchee just now, and I am interpreter.
From More Tales by Polish Authors by Various
There was an awkward pause until it was discovered that both Koriak and Chukchee could speak English.
From Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life by Thomas Wallace Knox
In order to reassure him, therefore, Józef went through the whole of his Chukchee vocabulary; and though "Gem-Kamaka" certainly did not understand much of this disconnected conversation, he grinned and repeated every word.
From More Tales by Polish Authors by Various
The Chukchee say that Pan Stefan and a Chukchee together beat Kituwia; only the Chukchee was not called Gem-Kam, but Otowaka.
From More Tales by Polish Authors by Various
The Chukchees and Koriaks are creditable workers in metals and ivory.
From Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life by Thomas Wallace Knox
The native tribes included in the district of Ghijiga are the Koriaks and Chukchees; the Koriaks readily pay tribute and acknowledge the Russian authority, but the Chukchees are not yet fairly subdued.
From Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life by Thomas Wallace Knox
The Chukchees use a pipe similar to those of the Eskimo, but with a much larger and shorter stem.
From Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce by E. R. Billings
Among the Chukchees a deer can be purchased for a pound of tobacco, but the price increases as one travels southward.
From Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life by Thomas Wallace Knox
Northeast of Ghijiga is the country of the Chukchees, a people formerly hostile to the Koriaks.
From Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life by Thomas Wallace Knox
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