﻿378 KUTCHIN. 



and the Tinne, and spread westward until they 

 come into the neighbourhood of the coast tribes of 

 Beering's Sea, which have been already noticed. 

 On Peel's River they name themselves Kutchin, 

 the final n being nasal and faintly pronounced. 

 It is dropped altogether further to the westward, 

 on the banks of the Yukon. They are the Loucheux 

 of Sir Alexander Mackenzie, and the Di-go-thi- 

 tcUnne of the neighbouring Hare Indians. 



Of this people I have but little personal acquaint- 

 ance, having had only brief interviews with the 

 families that frequent the banks of the Mackenzie 

 for a hundred and fifty miles or so above its delta. 

 My information respecting them is derived from 

 my friend Mr. Bell, who has traded with them for 

 many years, and is the first European who pene- 

 trated into their country from the eastward ; and 

 from Mr. Murray, who is now, and has been for 

 some seasons, resident among them. It is to this 

 gentlemen's very able letters, which I have had the 

 advantage of perusing, through the kindness of 

 chief factor Murdoch M'Pherson, that I am in- 

 debted for descriptions of the tribes dwelling on 

 the Yukon. 



The few members of the nation that I saw on 

 the Mackenzie had much resemblance in features 

 to their neighbours the Hare Indians, but carried 

 themselves in a more manly manner. Being, how- 



