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The woody part of the country to the right of Peace Eiver, 

 the upper part of Athabasca Eiver, and the tract of country 

 from Frog Portage, up the right of English Eiver, to and on 

 both banks of the Saskatchewan to Fort Pitt, is the home of the 

 Wood Crees, who resort chiefly to Lesser Slave Lake, Isle a la 

 Croix, Eapid Eiver, Green Lake, Cumberland, Carlton, Fort 

 Pitt, and Fort Pelly. On the upper part of the Saskatchewan 

 (Bow Eiver) is a tribe of Chipewyans called Sarcees or ' Blood 

 Indians.' The language of the Chipewyans has no affinity to 

 the Cree, and the square massive heads, short hands and feet, 

 point them out as quite a different race. 



No. VII. 



THE MORAVIAN MISSIONS IN LABRADOR, BY BROTHER 

 L. T. REICHEL.* 



The triangular peninsula, the east coast of which, extending 

 from the Straits of Belle Isle to Hudson's Straits, and lying be- 

 tween the 52nd and 60th degrees of north latitude, and the 

 56th and 64th of west longitude, is called the coast of Labrador, 

 and forms a part of the British possessions in North America. 

 Its western coast is well known through the establishments and 

 factories of the Hudson's Bay Company. But the east coast, 

 along the Atlantic Ocean, is less known. The southern part of 

 it, from the Straits of Belle Isle to Cape Webuck, is thinly 

 settled by European colonists; the northern part, from Cape 

 Webuck to Cape Chudleigh, is the proper home of the Esqui- 

 maux, among whom we have the four above-named Mission 

 Stations. They are said to have received their name, Esqui- 

 maux, or eaters of raw flesh, from the Indians, their neighbours 

 in the west, and their dreaded enemies. They call themselves 

 * Innuit,' * men ;' the rest of mankind they designate * Kablunat,' 



* From the 3Iissiunii Blatt. 



