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place in the last year, between the Chippeways 

 and the Sioux, who are Dakotas. 



Dr. Latham states that the Shyennes, who dwell 

 on the head waters of the Yellow Stone and Platte 

 Eivers, are of the Algonkin race, though insulated 

 by other people from the rest of their nation ; and 

 that there is in like manner a southern detach- 

 ment of Iroquois (Tuscaroras, &c), between whom 

 and their countrymen the Delawares interpose; 

 but as I mean to restrict myself to the St. Law- 

 rence Valley, and the country lying north of it, I 

 must refer the reader who wishes for a general 

 classification of the native American races, to the 

 " Natural History of the Varieties of Man," by the 

 learned author just named. 



The various tribes of Eythinyuwuk assume 

 local designations from the rivers or other remark- 

 able features of the districts they inhabit, and they 

 have also names of more general import. Thus 

 the northern ones, who border on the 'Tinne, call 

 themselves Nathewy-withinyu, Nehethe-ivnk, or Ni- 

 the-wuk*, " Exact or complete men." These are 

 the Crees of the fur traders ; and Mr. Howse, 

 though he does not publish the grounds of his 

 opinion, considers them to be the stem of the Al- 

 gonkin race. On the south of these, in the coun- 

 try extending from Lake Winipeg to the south side 



* From Ni, " exactly." 



