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On Great Slave Lake are two forts name Rae and Trading Posts 



Resolution, placed on the north and south sides of 



the lake respectively. On the Mackenzie River 



are five posts. Fort Providence is about thirty 



miles from Great Slave Lake, adjoining which 



post are the headquarters of the French Roman 



Catholic Mission. Fort Simpson, situate about 



150 miles further down the river, combines the 



headquarters of the fur trade, and of the Church 



of England Missions.* Fort Wrigley is about 100 



miles further north, and about 200 miles beyond 



this is Fort Norman, in the neighbourhood of 



Great Bear Lake. Beyond this again is the most 



northern trading post on the Mackenzie River, 



namely, Fort Good Hope, situate almost precisely 



at the Arctic Circle. 



&quot;Three trading posts have their position within 

 the Arctic Circle, namely, one Fort MacPherson, 

 on Peel River, for trading with Loucheux Indians 

 and Esquimaux; one, named La Pierre s House, 

 on Rat River; and the Rampart House on Porcu 

 pine River. The remaining trading posts are 

 two lying towards the south of the diocese, and 

 situate on the Liard River. These are named 

 Forts Liard and Nelson.&quot; 



The Indians are divided into two main families. Indians, TWO 

 One, the Tenni* inhabiting the Mackenzie River p^uea 

 Basin speaking different dialects and including 

 such tribes as the Chipewyans, Yellow Knives, 

 Dog Ribs, Big River Indians, Slave Indians, and 

 Nahanny or Mountain Indians. Two, the TheTukudh 

 Tukudh, inhabiting the regions of the Upper 



*By a change of boundaries Fort Chipewyan is now included in the 

 Mackenzie River Diocese, and is the headquarters of the Mission. 



