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mates each, which gives a population of seven 
hundred and fifty to the whole. 
“The nations who were driven to the west- 
ward by the Eascab and Crees are termed, in 
general, by the latter, Yatcheé-thinyoowuc, which 
has been translated Slave Indians, but more 
_ Properly signifies Strangers. 
“They now inhabit the country around Fort 
. Augustus, and towards the foot of the Rocky 
Mountains, and have increased in strength until 
they have become an object of terror to the Eas: 
cab themselves. They rear a great number of ~ 
horses, make use of fire-arms, and are fond of 
European articles ; in order to purchase which 
they hunt beaver and other furred animals, 
but they depend principally on the buffalo for 
subsistence. 
“ They are divided into five nations :-—First, 
the Pawiiustic-eythin-yoowuc, or Fall Indians, so 
named from their former “residence on the falls of 
the Saskatchawan. They are the Minetarres, 
with whom Captain Lewis’s party had a conflict 
on their return from the Missouri. They have 
about four hundred and fifty or five fhundred 
tents; their language is very guttural and difficult. 
“ Second, the Peganoo-eythinyoowuc Pegans, 
or Muddy River Indians, name in their own 
language Pegance'-koon, have four hundred tents. 
