What the record shows
The federal survey describes the site: on the right bank of Yukon River between Paimiut and Ingregamiut, Nulato Hills.
"The exact location of this village, which E. W. Nelson, U. S. Signal Service, passed through in 1879, is not known, undoubtedly now but an abandoned site. Nelson spelled it ""Ikatlegomute,"" ""people of Ikatlek,"" and places it on his map between ""Paimute"" and Pogoreshapka (Bellkat). The 1880 Census refers to a ""single house"" in this location, with a population of nine."
Ikatlekappears in the U.S. Geological Survey's place-name archive as a historical populated place — a settlement that once carried a name and no longer does. Our editors are verifying its full story against census records, newspaper archives, and county histories; this record will grow as sources are confirmed.
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