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generally resemble the last tribe, and are chiefly notable from their trade 

 with the Kang-mdlig-mid Innuit, and the fine, strong babiche, or skin-twine, 

 which they manufacture. 



VUNTA'-KUTCHIN'. 



= Viinta'-lcutchin, Ross, MSS. map, D.ill 1. c. 

 = Loucheux,OT QuarreUers, of tbo Hndsou Bay voyagenrs 

 = Genu des lials of the Canadian voyageurs. 

 ? Tdha-kuUchin of Petitot. 



Another tribe of Kiitchhi, occupying the region north of the Poj'cu- 

 pine, east of the last tribe, and south of the Innuit on the Arctic shores. 

 Little is known of them. Their name signifies " Rat people", and is taken 

 from the Rat or Porcupine River, one of their boundaries. 



TUKKUTH'-KUTCHIN'. 



= Tukkuth-Mtchhi, Ross, Uall I. c. 

 r^ Rat Indians of the Hudson Bay men. 

 ? Tdhd-kuttchin of Petitot. 



These Indians inhabit the region east of the headwaters of the Porcu- 

 pine as far as Fort McPherson, and including the district of La Pierre's 

 House and all the southern headwaters as far west as the next tribe. It is 

 uncertain whether to this or the last tribe the appellation of Father Petitot 

 properly belongs. I have preferred to retain that of Mr. Ross, who is 

 excelled by none in his knowedge of this region. A small river falling into 

 the Mackenzie is named Rat River on Petitot's map, but this should not be 

 confounded with the Porcupine River, which is most commonly called the 

 Rat River by the Hudson Bay people. The present tribe is also sometimes 

 called Rat Indians, but the exact signification of their name is not known 

 to me. In all respects, as far as known, this people does not differ mate- 

 rially from the other and better known tribes of the Kutchin Indians of the 



Yukon. 



HAN-KUTCHIN'. 



= nan-kutchm, Ross, the H. B. Co.'s traders, Ketchnm, Dall 1. c. 

 =^ Gens des Bois of the Hudson's Bay voyageur, . 

 < Kolchaina, or Kolshina, of the Russians. 



This is a small tribe, inhabiting both banks of the Yukon above the 

 Kotlo River for over a hundi*ed miles, to the Deer River, and sometimes 



