﻿398 KUTCHIN. 



banks of Deep River, a western affluent of the 

 Yukon, opposite Comptroller's Bay. The Tathzey- 

 kiitchi, "people of the ramparts," known to the 

 traders and Canadian voyagers by the name of 

 " Gens dii Fou,''^ number about 230 men, who are 

 divided into four bands, the uppermost of which is 

 called Trdtze-kutchi, " people of the fork of the 

 river."* The Tathzey-hutchi inhabit a wide coun- 

 try, which extends from the sources of the Porcupine 

 and Peel to those of the River of the Mountain- 

 Men. They visit the Russians on the coast of the 

 Pacific, and trade with the intervening tribes. 

 The Indians of the lowlands at the influx of the 

 Porcupine River, named Kutcha-kutchi, number 90 

 men. Further down the Yukon are the Zekd- 

 thaka, or Zi-unka-kutchi, " people on this side," or 

 " middle people," numbering only 20 men. West 

 of these reside the " people of the blufi"s," Tanna- 

 kutchi^ 100 strong. And further down, at the 

 influx of Russian River, are the Teytse-kutchi^ " peo- 

 ple of the shade" or "shelter," of about 100 men. 



* One of 'Dtche-ta-ut ''thine, or Mountain Indians, who inha- 

 bit the conterminous mountainous country that lies between 

 the Nohlianne and the Becatess (" Gull" or " Gravel River " of 

 the voyagers), called the Gens du Fou, Ey-une Hinne ; and a 

 Mountain Indian hunter, employed by Mr. Bell, called tliem 

 Tratza-ut 'tinne, which is evidently another mode of pro- 

 nouncing the designation they give themselves, substituting 

 for Kutchi the synonymous appellation ^ Tinne. 



