X Acknowledgments 



To Mr. D. A. Boscowitz, of Victoria, B. C, for the official 

 Reports on London Fur-sales. 



To the Right Honourable Lord Strathcona and Mont- 

 royal, G.C.M.G., Governor of the Hudson's Bay Company, 

 for access to the Company's records covering the fur 

 returns of the last fifteen years, with permission to use the 

 same. 



To Mrs. Grace G. Seton for essential aid with the literary 

 and press work. 



To Professor Robert M. Yerkes, of Harvard University. 



To Mr. William Brewster, of Cambridge, Mass. 



To Major E. A. Mearns, M.D., U.S.A., for revision of 

 parts. 



To the Field Museum of Chicago for the loan of 

 specimens. 



To the Zoological Society of London for free use of their 

 superb library and its equipment. 



To Mr. Henry M. Ami, of the Geological Ottawa, for 

 assistance with the French Canadian names of the animals. 



In collecting the Indian names, although I consulted many 

 natives, the following were my principal informants: 



O/V^u/a.^Ah-nee-mee'-kong (Little Thunder), a full-blood 

 whom I met at Lake of the Woods, Albert Chief, a half-breed 

 of Kenora, acting as interpreter. 



Sauteaux. — Baptiste Nee'-pee-nak (Summer Bear), a full- 

 blood at Winnipegosis, Mr. J. J. G. Rosser acting as inter- 

 preter, besides giving additional information. 



Cree. — Mr. W. G. Tweddell, of Woonona, Manitoba, and, 

 in part, Mr. Hector MacKenzie, of Winnipeg. 



Muskego. — Swampy or Wood Cree. Isadore Nee'-ah-poo, 

 a full-blood living at Winnipegosis, Mr. J. J. G. Rosser acting 

 as interpreter, and adding many items of information. 



