172 Dr John Scouler on the Indian Tribes 



1. Ugalenzi, A small tribe, dwelling in winter to the east 



of the Island of Kodiac, and during summer at the 

 mouth of the Copper River. 



2. Atna. Living on the River Atna ; distinct from the 



Atna of M'Kenzie. 



3. Galzani, or Koltschani. Living to the north and east 



of the Atna River. 



4. Kinai. Inhabiting the vicinity of Cook's Inlet. 



5. Inchulukhlaites. Inhabiting the vicinity of the River 



Chulitna. 



6. Inkalites. Inhabiting the vicinity of the Rivers Kwich- 



pack and Kuskowim. 



7. Sitkans. Inhabiting King George the Third's Archi- 



pelago. 



8. Cheelkaats. Inhabiting Lynn's Canal, and neighbour- 



hood. 



9. Tako. Inhabiting Point Salisbury and Snettisham. 



10. Stikine, Inhabiting Prince Frederick's Sound and Sti- 



kine River. 



11. Tunghaase. Inhabiting the island of Revilla Gigedo. 



The territory occupied by the Koluschian family may be 

 defined as including the islands and the shores of the main- 

 land, from Cook's Inlet to the Stikine River. In the north- 

 ern part of the Koluschian territory, the limits become unde- 

 fined, from the intermixture of tribes of different languages 

 in the same country. Thus we find an Esquimaux tribe, the 

 Tschugassi, inhabiting the peninsula between Cook's Inlet 

 and Prince "William's Sound. The Inchuluhkaites and Inka- 

 lites, although Koluschians, live still farther north, amidst 

 tribes of Esquimaux. Another cause of perplexity is, that 

 in the six tribes first named in the table, we find in their vo- 

 cabularies so many Athabascan words as to indicate an inti- 

 mate intercourse with the Carriers. In the Kinai vocabu- 

 lary, for example, the number of Athabascan words is so 

 great, as to render it probable that they belong rather to that 

 family of Indians than to the Koluschians, and that, to use 

 a geological expression, they form an outlying portion of 

 the Carriers. The more southern tribes, Nos. 7, 11, are un- 



