THE SHUSHWAPS OF KAMLOOPS. OoO 



industry to tlie Indians of the eastern side of the 

 Rocky Mountains, they compare very disadvan- 

 tageously with them in physique and intelHgence, 

 and presented many points of difference from their 

 relations we met at The Cache. They are of smaller 

 stature and less powerful build than the former; 

 their faces are broader and rounder; the cheek- 

 bones higher ; the nose smaller, less prominent, and 

 the nostrils more dilated. Their complexion is 

 darker, and of a more muddy, coppery hue than that 

 of the true Eed Indian, and their general appearance 

 so strange to our eyes when we first encountered 

 a party of them on our way down the Xorth Thomp- 

 son, that we never suspected they were Indians, 

 but took them for Mexicans, or some immio-rants 



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from the east. C) They are also talkative and mer- 

 curial, and exhibit none of the dignity and conscious 

 power which marks the Eed Indian of the plains. 



The tradition of the origin of their tribes, existing 

 amongst some of the Indians of British Columbia, 

 appears to be a curious confusion of the Bible histories 

 taught them by the Romish priests, who have been 

 established amongst them for upwards of a century. 

 For the following version we are indebted to Mr. 

 Greville Mathew, registrar of the colony : — A race 



(^) There is a most striking difference, lio-wever, between the 

 general physique and features of the two sexes amongst the true 

 Eed Indians. The men are tall, and their features bold and pro- 

 minent, the nose being generally Roman. The women are generally 

 rather short, their faces rounder, and the nose squat. This 

 difference was well shown in the case of The Assiniboine and his 

 wife, of whom excellent portraits are given in the FrontisiDiece. 



