The 10,000 inhabitants of the peninsula (90% Inuit), live in 12 villages spread along the coast.

As the clans fled the epidemic it consequently spread further along the coast and into the hinterland.

Small settlements spread northward along the eastern coast into Georgia and the Carolinas.

When independence was gained in 1861 it had 34,000 inhabitants, but since then it has spread apace north and south along the coast.

However efforts to contain it failed and it spread rapidly north and south along the eastern coast.

That year 200 men were seasonally living and working on the island at six temporary whaling stations (spread along the northwest coast).

He also notes that it spread along the coast of East Africa to reach Zanzibar.

A little pattern of dwellings spread along the coast and up the river valley from our Sea-shore node.

The sport spread along the coast but not much west of the Mississippi.

The strike wave spread along the coast, closing the ports and bringing the economy to a halt.