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hunting the deer, the broken nature of the country not attracting the moose 

 into that region. They also trade from the headwaters of the Tananah' 

 with the Han Kutchin of the Upper Yukon. They are supposed to have 

 a toteraic system similar to that of the Loucheux. 



TENNUTH'-KUT-CHIN'. 



Gena cle Bouleaux, or Birch Indians, of tlic Hudson Bay men. 



These people, with the Tdtsdli' -Kiitchin' , comjDrised a few bands of 

 Indians allied to the Kutcha-Kut-chin', who formerly wandered in the 

 region between the rapids of the Yukon and the mouth of the Porcupine 

 River, having their principal hunting-ground near the Small Houses. About 

 1863, however, they were all swept off by an epidemic of scarlet fever, 

 introduced through contact with the whites, and there is now not an indi- 

 vidual living of these two tribes. 



KUTCHA' KUT-CHIN'. 



=: KuUhd-Eutcliin, Ross, Kennicott, Gibbs, their own name. 

 = It-ka-lj/a-rHin of the Nuwuk-mut Inuuit, Simpson. 



< Loucheux of the Hndson Bay men. 



< Kutchi-kiitchi, Ludewig. 



< Eolchaina of the Russians. Not Eicilchia Kiitlchin of Petitot. 



These Indians inhabit both banks of the Yukon from the Birch River to 

 the Kotlo River on the east and the Porcupine River on the north, ascend- 

 ing the latter a short distance. 



They are nomadic, polygamous, and live principally by lutnting and 

 trapping. They formerly burned their dead. They have a totemic system 

 with three totems — Chit-che-dh, Teng-rat-si, and Nat-sahi, according to Stra- 

 chan Jones, esq., late commander at Fort Yukon. They are described by 

 me elsewhere. Their name means "Lowlanders". 



NATSIT'-KUT-CHIN'. 



= Natsit-kiitchin, or ^ Kdlsik-kSichin, Hardisty and Hndson Bay men. 

 = Nalche! -kiitclnn , Ross, MSS. map ; Dall 1. c. 

 = Loucheux, or Geni de Large, of the voyageurs. 



These extend from the Porcupine, near Fort Yukon, north to the 

 Romanzoff Mountains. Their name means " strong people ", and is vari- 

 ously spelled by different authorities. They are migratory, few in number, 



