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Inasmuch 



Occupation 

 of Natives 



Yukon and the territory thence to Fort Mac- 

 Pherson. They are of various tribes as the 

 River, Lake, Mountain, or Valley Indians, &quot;but 

 their dialects do not differ so much as among the 

 Tenni.&quot; 



rheTenni &quot;The Tenni tribes,&quot; says the Bishop, &quot;are 



rather course-featured, with thick lips and 

 prominent cheek-bones. They are at present in 

 offensive and submissive in temper, though a 

 century since, before the introduction of European 

 trade, the tribes waged a predatory war on one 

 another, and among the distant bands on the 

 Rocky Mountains this is hardly yet extinct. 



&quot;The occupation of all the natives of the diocese 

 is wholly confined to the chase or fishery. The 

 Tenni tribes pursue for their sustenance, the 

 moose, deer, reindeer, bear, and beaver, and for 

 their skins, the fox, wolf, marten, wolverine and 

 other small animals. The hunting is now carried 

 on chiefly with firearms, the bows and arrows 

 being mostly left to the boys ; but snares and traps 

 are used for all the above animals, at times, and 

 for killing the wolves and foxes poison is occasion 

 ally employed. 



Tcnni Lodge* &quot;The Tenni tribes live in conical tents or lodges, 

 with a frame of poles and covered with dressed 

 deer or moose skin. In spring they make canoes 

 of birch bark for water travel and chase. In the 

 fall of the year they make birch wood snowshoes 

 for winter voyaging. Their tents are floored with 

 a litter of pine branches, and warmed with a 

 pine-log fire in the centre. Their dress is of 



