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dwell a tribe named Daha-dtinne by the Dog-rib 

 Indians, and NoWhai-e by the Kutchin. They 

 descend the Gravel River to come to Fort Norman, 

 and are ill understood by the Dog- rib interpreters 

 there. In the first volume (p. 180.) I have men- 

 tioned, on the authority of Mr. M'Kenzie, that the 

 Valid- dtinnes name themselves in their own tongue 

 Cheta-ut-tdinne, which indicates their identity with 

 the Strong-bows, both being mountaineers. Fur- 

 ther down the Mackenzie, near the 65th parallel, 

 another small tribe also descends from the moun- 

 tains to visit Fort Good Hope, and is named 

 Amba-ta-ut- tiling or " Sheep-people," because they 

 hunt the Ovis montana on the mountain-tops. 

 These people speak a dialect of the ' Tinne, which 

 is well understood by the Hare Indians. 



This enumeration of the various 'Tinne tribes 

 dwelling on the east side of the Rocky Mountains, 

 all of whom believe that they are sprung from a 

 dog, will give some idea of the geographical extent 

 of the nation. It is not my intention to speak of 

 them severally, as my personal acquaintance is too 

 partial to enable me to state correctly in what 

 respects they differ from each other. The Atha- 

 bascans or Chepewyans proper have been so long 

 known, and so often mentioned by writers on the 

 fur countries, and Hearne has given so many 

 details of the habits of the 'Tinne of Churchill, and 



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