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Montagnais of Lake St. John, Mistassini. the " Cree " of Rupert's 

 House, and the " Cree " of the East Main River. It should be men- 

 tioned that the folk-lore and mythology is much nearer that of the 

 Central Algonquian than hitherto supposed. Dr. Michelson was in- 

 formed that v^est of the Nascapi are some Indians whose language 

 they cannot understand. Obviously these cannot be Eskimo or Mon- 

 tagnais ; for the Nascapi know that the Eskimo and Montagnais dif- 

 fer but slightly from their own language. But who these Indians 



Fig. 99. — Indian carrying a canoe at 

 Northwest River, Labrador. (Photo- 

 graph b}' Michelson. ) 



are is at present quite unknown. Later on Dr. Michelson was informed 

 by William Cabot, Esq., of Boston, Mass., who has done a great deal 

 of exploring in Labrador, that he had heard the same thing. 



Dr. Michelson left the Northwest River July 21 for Rigolet and 

 arrived there without adventure. He proceeded to Turnavik and from 

 thence to St. Johns, Newfoundland. On the trip Dr. Michelson was 

 able to take the physical measurements of a few Eskimos ; up to that 

 time he had taken only the measurements of a few mixed-blood 

 Eskimos who are common on the Labrador coast and who constitute 

 an important element of the so-called " Liveyeres." St. Johns was 



