?1S92-'J3] notes on the western denes. 3 



CONTENTS. 



PAGE 



'Introduction 5 



CHAPTER I. 



Ethnological Sketch 8 



The Name " Uene " 8 



Distribution of the Denes lo 



Main Characteristics of the Dene Race I7 



Distribution of the Western Denes 22 



CHAPTER II. 



Preliminaries 32 



Philological • 32 



Works and Implements Unknown Among the Western Denes 35 



CHAPTER III. 



Stone Implements 39 



Industrial Stone Implements 43 



Stone Weapons of War and of the Chase 53 



CHAPTER IV. 



Bone and Horn Implements 66 



CHAPTER V. 



Traps and Snares 84 



Fish Traps 84 



Land Animal Traps 93 



:Snares 98 



Observances of the Hunter and Trapper 106 



CHAPTER VI. 



Wooden Implements 1 1 1 



CHAPTER VII. 



Bark Implements 1 20 



Esculent and Medicinal Plants 127 



'Other Bark Implements 132 



