may have origiiiatc^d in an impertoct knowledge 

 of them. 



Some distance to tlic southward of (liis people 

 are the Rocky Mountain Indians, a small tribe 

 which musters about forty men and boys capable 

 of pursuing the chase. They differ but little 

 froin the next we are about to mention, the 

 Kdchawtawhoot-dbmeh, Strong-bow, Beaver, or 

 Thick-wood Indians, who frequent the Rkierc 

 aux Liards, or south branch of Mackenzie's River. 

 The Strong-bows resemble the Dog-ribs some- 

 what in their disposition ; but when they meet 

 they assume a considerable degree of superiority 

 over the latter, who meekly submit to the haugh- 

 tiness of their neighbours. Until the year 1813, 

 when a small party of them from some unfortu- 

 nate provocation, destroyed Fort Nelson on the 

 Rinire aux Liards, and murdered its inmates, 

 the Strong-bows were considered to be a friendly 

 and quiet tribe, and esteemed as excellent hun- 

 ttns. These people take their names, in the first 

 instance, from Uieir dogs. A young man is the 

 father of a certain dog, but when he is married, 

 and has a son, he styles himself the father of the 

 boy. The women have a habit of reproving the 

 dogs very tenderly when they observe them 

 fighting,—" Are you not ashamed," say they. 



