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1898-99. | ON THE CLASSIFICATIONS OF THE DENE TRIBES. 83 
all the Déné tribes so far published is to be found in my “ Notes 
on the Western Dénés,” p. 16. Should I have a doubt to formulate, it 
would be in connection with that tribal division known as the Bad 
People or Mauvais Monde—concerning the precise habitat of which 
Petitot appears misinformed. He is inclined to believe them an offshoot 
of the Carrier tribe, which could not be. He says that they are very 
little known, and formerly frequented the now abandoned Fort Halkett. 
That they really exist as a tribe, however, is clearly shown by the fact 
that they are called by the other Dénés, A?ga-o'tine, “those that act 
contrariwise,” that is in a wrong way, from their former habit of going 
naked. Their proper name is Diné. 
For the sake of extra completeness, we might-add to my list the few 
natives of Déné extraction found some years ago in the Nicola Valley, 
and on Portland Canal, B.C. But as they have lost their tribal 
automony to such an extent that in a majority of cases, they have even 
forgotten their original tongue and are now mostly of mixed blood, I 
think they may well be ignored in a classification of Indian tribes. 
