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land which extends between the latter lake and the summit of the Rocky 

 Mountains. They are often to be found hunting on the western slope of 

 that range. 



3. The To-ta-fqenne (" people-a-little-down-the-river ") inhabit the 

 eastern slope and adjacent plains of the Rocky Mountains within British 

 Columbia. 



4. The Tsa-t'qenne (who call themselves Tsa-Jmh) or Beaver-people, 

 roam over the large prairies contiguous to the Peace River, on the south 

 side of that stream and east of the Rockies. 



5. The Tse-ta-iifqenne (the people against the Rocks) as hinted by 

 their name, have their habitat chiefly at the base of the Rocky Mountains 

 on the north side of the Peace River. 



6. This is perhaps the proper place to mention the Sarcees* who have 

 been adopted by the Blackfeet Confederation, and actually live east of 

 the Rocky Mountains by about 51° lat. north. 



7. To the north of all the above sub-divisions, from the 56° to the north, 

 we find the Sas-chut-qenne or "people of the Black Bear" whose trading 

 post was until last year Fort Connolly on the lake of that name. 



8. Another band called Otzdu-ne (people between or intermediary) 



claims the land which intervenes between the territory of the Saschut- 



'qenne and that of the Tselohne on the west side of the Rocky 



Mountains. 

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9. Those Tsc-loh-ne (people of the end of the Rocks) live immediately 

 north of the latter and their chief trading post is now B. L. O. (Bear-Lake- 

 Outpost) on the Finlay River by 57° of latitude north. Their name is 

 due to the fact that their habitat is an immense plain which is said to 

 intersect the whole of the Rocky Mountains .which are popularly believed 

 not to extend any further. 



The aggregate population of all these bands does not exceed 1,300. 



The Tse'kehne are known to the Carriers under the name of j'tat-'tenne 

 or " people of the beaver-dams," while the latter are responsible for the 

 distinctive name of the Carriers — Arepie, "packers." The nickname 

 Ta-Yiej-ne by which this tribe sometimes calls itself f is of recent origin 

 It has no meaning in its language to which it is exotic, and I cannot 



* Their aboriginal name as a sept is unknown to me. A century ago they had 35 tents with a 

 population of 120. (History of Manitoba, p. 85). 



t Indeed they even call thus all the races of Indians by opposition to the whites. 



