Chukchee
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Chukchees,
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Chukchee
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"I will give it you directly, but I want it first for that dog whom I have chased like a hare all over the country," Kituwia calmly answered in Chukchee.
From More Tales by Polish Authors by Various
One of the old man's sons was the Chukchee who had dried his clothes at Stefan's fire.
From More Tales by Polish Authors by Various
Waxel ordered the rope cut, but the Chukchee interpreter called out pitifully to be saved.
From Vikings of the Pacific The Adventures of the Explorers who Came from the West, Eastward by Agnes C. (Agnes Christina) Laut
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
From the Chukchee villages of Asia, Cook sailed back to the American coast, passing north of Bering Straits directly in mid-channel.
From Vikings of the Pacific The Adventures of the Explorers who Came from the West, Eastward by Agnes C. (Agnes Christina) Laut
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
I heard that several copies of American illustrated papers were circulating among the Chukchees, who handled them with great care.
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
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
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