40 Dr R. G. Latham on the 



ance, and this is generally separated from the Esquimaux by 

 a broad line of demarcation. It is called the Kolooch race or 

 family, and is generally placed in contrast with the Esqui- 

 maux. Isolated tribes akin to the Kolooches, and worthy of 

 special notice, are the following : — 



1. The TJgalyachmiitsi or Ugalentses, consisting of about 

 38 families. — They change their localities with the season, 

 and are Kolooch in manners and conformation. Living 

 around Mount St Elias they are frontier tribes to the Tchu- 

 gatches. 



2. The Kenays, inhabiting the coast of Cook's Inlet, 460 

 families strong. — Historically, they assert that their origin is 

 from the hills of the interior, from whence they descended 

 coastward. Their mythological and ultimate origin is from 

 the raven, connected with which they have a complex cos- 

 mogony. Descent from the raven, or descent from the dog, is 

 considered, for these tribes we are speaking of, as an instru- 

 ment in ethnological criticism. Like the Ugalentses, they 

 are in contact with Tchugatch Esquimaux. 



3. The Atnahs, dwelling on the Copper River, 60 families 

 strong, hunters of rein-deer, and workers in iron as well as 

 copper. — They coincide with the typical Kolooches in burning 

 their dead, in ascribing the origin of their race to the raven, 

 and in most other particulars. 



These three tribes are unequivocally connected closely with 

 each other, and with the other members of the Kolooch group. 

 The position of the following is less definite : — 



1. The Kolshani. — These represent the natives of the inte- 

 rior. They fall into two divisions, whereof the nearer can 

 make itself intelligible to the Atnas and Kenays. The more 

 distant one is savage, inhospitable, unintelligible. Canni- 

 balism is one of their real or accredited characteristics. 



2. The Inchulukhlaites, dwelling on the Chulitna River. — 

 They are stated to be akin to the Magimuts, who are allied 

 with, 



3. The Inkalites. — In one village alone they are 700 strong. 

 Their language is said to be a mixture of the Kenay, Una- 

 lashkan, and Atna. 



It is hoped that the true character of the ethnological diffi- 



