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...Jawn," the latest namesake of several distinguished Harvard men and U.S. presidents, is a 64-year-old Birnik Eskimo, who has traveled the world, had his furs taken by the Russians, and has captured a white whale--unassisted--in his kyack. He was the most amusing, though not the most important discovery of Peabody Museum's expedition to the far north last summer...

Author: By William W. Bartley iii, | Title: Peabody Alaska Expedition Finds Village Site And 'John Q. Adams', But No Original American | 4/8/1953 | See Source »

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