OF THE POLAR SEA. i 
this part of the country, are the moose and the 
rein-deer, the former termed by the Crees, mong. 
soa, Or moosoa, the latter attekh. The buffalo or 
bison, (moostoosh, ) the red-deer or American-stag, 
(wawaskeeshoo, ) the apeesee-mongsoos, or jumping 
deer, the dinwatthoos, or long-tailed deer, and the 
apistatchekoos, a species of antelope, animals 
that frequent the plains above the forks of the 
Saskatchawan, are not found in the neighbour- | 
hood of Cumberland House. 
Of fur-bearing animals, various kinds of foxes 
(makkeeshewuc,) are found in the district, distin- 
guished by the traders under the names of d/ack-, 
silver, cross, red, and blue foxes. The two former 
are considered by the Indians to be the same kind, 
varying accidentally in the colour of the pelt. 
The black foxes are very rare, and fetch a high 
price. Thecross and red foxes differ from each 
other only in colour, being of the same shape and 
size. ‘Their shades of colour are not disposed in 
any determinate manner, some individuals ap- 
proaching in that respect very nearly to the silver 
fox, others exhibiting every link of the chain 
down to a nearly uniform deep or orange-yellow, 
the distinguishing colour of a pure red fox. It is 
reported both by Indians and traders, that all the 
varieties have been found in the same litter. The 
blue fox is seldom seen here, and is supposed’ to 
