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the first attempt was unsuccessful, but towards night-fall the weather 

 moderated, and the Northwest River was reached early the next day. 

 Dr. Michelson lodged at a Hudson Bay Company post during his 

 stay at the Northwest River. The very best thanks are due to officials 

 of the Hudson Bay Company at Rigolet and the Northwest River, as 

 well as those of the Revillon Freres at the Northwest River, for their 

 uniform courtesy and endeavor to make the expedition a success. 



Fig. 98. — Indian making canoes at 

 Northwest River, Labrador. (Photo- 

 graph by Michelson. ) 



At the Northwest River there were some Indians from Davis Inlet, 

 and at least one Nascapi from Ungava. Dr. Michelson took the physi- 

 cal measurements of a few, and made linguistic and ethnological notes. 

 It follows that Nascapi is really not a distinct Algonquian language ; 

 it is the same as the Indian language spoken at Davis Inlet, and is 

 merely a Montagnais dialect, di tiering only in a few details. From 

 work done previously by others as well as by Dr. Michelson it is 

 clear that the Indian languages at the Northwest River, Davis Inlet, 

 and Ungava (i. c, Nascapi) distinctly form a unit as opposed to the 



