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since frozen, and they have never been able to 

 return. These traditions are unknown to the 

 Chipe^vyans. 



The number of men and boys of the Strong- 

 bow nation, who are capable of hunting, may 

 amount to seventy- 

 There are some other tribes who also speak 

 dialects of the Chipewyan, upon the upper 

 branches of the Riviere aux Liards, such as the 

 Nohhannies and the Tsillaxcdawhoot-dinneh, or 

 Brushwood Indians. They are but httle known, 

 but the latter are supposed occasionally to visit 

 some of the establishments on Peace River. 



Having now communicated as briefly as I could 

 the principal facts that came to our knowledge re- 

 garding the Indians in this quarter, I shall resume 

 the narrative of events at Fort Enterprise. — The 

 month of March proved fine. The thermometer 

 rose once to 24° above zero, and fell upon 

 another day 49^ below zero, but the mean was 



On the 23d the last of our winter's stock of 

 deer's meat was expended, and we were com- 

 pelled to issue a little pounded meat which we 

 had reserved for making pemmican for summer 

 use. Our nets, which were set under the ice on 

 the 15th, produced only two or three small fish 

 daily. Amongst these was the round fish, a 



