Akahamut

Akahamut in Detail.

on N bank of Yukon River, 14 mi. SW of Russian Mission; Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta.

Eskimo name "Okhnagamiut," meaning "village (people) on other side (of river);" recorded on a 1916 fieldsheet by R. H. Sargent, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). as shown on Tikhmeniev's 1861 map as "S(elo) Ikogmiut" or Ikuagmyut"; presumably derived from information recied from Lieutenant L. A. Zagoskin (1842-44), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN). by Captain Raymond (1871, p. 25), USA; shown as "Ingahameh" and "Ingahame" by Petroff in the 10th (1884) Census. are several names similar to "Akahamut" spelled variously, in western Alaska, which probably represent an Eskimo response to the Question, "What is that place?", or a reference to "the people on the other side." often change from one side of the river to the other, this name, "Akahamut" may refer to a similar situation.