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TRANSACTIONS OF THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE. 



[Vol. IV. 



Length measures, 92. 

 Lenormant on iron in Africa, 137. 

 Lichen, how eaten, 130. 

 Lily, its bulb eaten, 129. 



Lipans, habitat and present population, 14, 16 

 — a dishonest tribe, 19. 



Lodges, ceremonial, 185 — common, 188 — fish- 

 ing, 189— winter, 189 — of the Tse'kehne, 

 192. 



Looms of the Carriers, the, 156. 



Loon and the Old Man, the, 171. 



Loucheux, identical with Kutchin, 15 — their 

 habitat and population, 16 — their dress, 162. 



Lubbock (Sir John), mistaken as to the age of 



archaeological finds, 41. 



Lujem, or Bear totem, how assumed, 205. 



Lyell (Sir Charles), mistaken as to the age of 

 archaeological finds, 41. 



Lynx, feared by the women, 108. 



Lynx and the Woman, the, 108. 



Lynx traps, 97 — snares, loi. 



M. 



Maize, not grown by the Dene, 36. 



Man, his age absurdly exaggerated, 41. 



Marmot skins, how treated, 68. 



Marmot traps, 98 — snares, 103. 



Mas, 67. 



Masks, 118. 



Material of the arrow and spear heads, 53 — 

 zealously guarded, 65. 



Mats of the TsiiKoh'tin, the, 157. 



Maul, wooden, iii. 



Means of communication while travelling, 210. 



Measures of length, 92. 



Medicinal herbs, 130. 



Menses, observances relative to the, 107. 



Mesh-sticks, 158. 



Middle class of the Carriers, 204. 



Mittens, 164. 



Mocassins, their material, 163 — not used in 

 rainy weather, 163. 



Months, their native names, 106. 



Monuments, rare, 199. 



Moose skin scrapers, 143. 



Morice on the varieties of Dene nouns, 32 — 

 on the " cut-arrows," 56 — on beaver snar- 

 ing, 66— on fern root cooking, 116 — on the 

 introduction of copper among the Carriers, 

 137 — on the head-dr£ss of pubescent girls, 

 165. 



Morse on arrow release, 57. 



Mortars, unknown, 35. 



Mortuary columns, 199. 



Mosaical chronology, its accuracy not weakened 

 by modern discoveries, 40. 



Mounds unknown among Dene, 35 — the work 

 of Indians, 40. 



Muskokis, probably mound-builders, 40. 



Muskrat trapping, 87. 



Mythology, why occasionally referred to in 

 the monograph, 7. 



N. 



Nah'ane, different spellings of their name, 31. 

 Na'kwal's descendants, 141. 



Navajos, long established in the south of the 

 United States, 12 — their habitat, 13 — still old 

 fasiiioned, 20 — philologically congenerous 

 with the Northern Denes, 22. 



Nazrwat, a fish trap, 85. 



Necklaces, 170. 



Needle pouches, 149. 



Nets, their material, 159 — beaver, 67. 



NpfsP'a, a game, 78. 



Netting, 158. 



NayPKhwollnz and the Gambler, 79. 



Nszaz, a game, 112. 



Niblack on maize growing Indians, 35. 



NiKsdinai, 168. 



Northern Dene, timid and not industrious, 18 



— of assimilative dispositions, 19. 

 Nose-pendants, 167. 

 Nose-rings, 168. 

 Nouns, the four categories of Dene, 32. 



Observances of the hunters and women, 106, 



165. 

 Ochre (red) as a means of ornamentation, 170. 

 Old man and the Loon, the, 171. 

 Oregon grape, how eaten, 129. 

 Orthography of Indian words, 34 — of the 



names of Indian tribes, mixed, 30. 

 Osier- willow, its medical properties, 131. 



p. 



Patking, how done, 118. 



Packing bags, of the women, 147 — of the men, 



161. 

 Packing chairs, 118. 

 Paddles, how used, II 5. 

 Palaeoliths, their age exaggerated, 40 — found 



along with neoliths, 63. 



Peelers, 76. 



Pendants, 166. 



Pestles, stone, 48. 



Petitot on the name " Dene-Dindjie," 9 — on 

 copper and iron among Eastern Denes, 136 

 — on prehistoric weapons, 149 — on the dress 

 of .he Eastern Oenes, 162. 



Petroglyphs, 206. 



