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The favourite articles of trade with the Youcon Indians are 

 large white, blue, and red beads and Hyaquois shells, all of 

 which are used as a kind of currency. 



Hyaquois shells cost about 32s. per niille, and are readily sold 

 fur martens and foxes at the rate of four to six per marten, and 

 from thirty-two to forty- eight per silver fox. 



No. VI. 



INDIxVN RACES TO THE NORTH OF THE CREE 

 HUNTING-GROUNDS. 



The name Chipewyan is given to the ' Tinneh ' by the Crees 

 in derision ; it means dead dog, their real name being ' Tinneh.' 



The Tinneh or Chipewyan tribe inhabit the country north 

 and north-west of English Eiver, Athabasca, and Mackenzie 

 Kiver district. They have various names, but all speak dialects 

 of the same tongue. Those who resort to Isle a la Croix, Fort 

 Athabasca, Fond du Lac, and Fort Resolution, Grreat Slave Lake, 

 are called Chipewyans ; those who resort to Forts Vermillion and 

 Dunnegan are called Beaver Indians, Another branch of the 

 tribe, called Siccannies or Thickcannies, inhabiting the foot of the 

 Eocky Mountains to the NW. of Peace River (and part of New 

 Caledonia to the west of the Rocky Mountains), resort to Forts 

 Dunnegan, Halkill, and'Liard. Another branch, called the 

 Yellow Knives, inhabiting the N. and NE. portions of Great 

 Slave Lake, resort to Fort Rae, on Great Slave Lake, and Fort 

 Simpson, and are denominated ' Dog-Ribs.' Proceeding down 

 the Maxjkenzie, the Slaves, another branch, resort to Forts 

 Simpson and Liard. The Hare Indians resort to Forts Norman 

 and Good Hope, and also to Fort Youcon to the west of the 

 mountains. The Nahannies or Mountain Indians resort to 

 all the forts between Forts Simpson and Peel's River. The 

 Loucheux and Nahannie dialects differ very much from the 

 Chipewyans, but are still evidently derived from the same root. 



