E. Petitot on the Athabasca District. 



53 



Great Slave Lake. 



Fort Resolution, 1863—64 

 Fort Rae, 1864 



Providence, 1871 



Black Lake River, 1878 



Hay River, 1874 



Fort Simpson, 1873 



Forts Xorman and Franklin 

 (Bear Lake), 1869, together... 



Fort Good Hope, 1867 ... 



Fort Macpherson (Peel River), 1866 . 

 including La Pierre's House ... 1 



Forts Liard and Nelson, Liard 

 River 



f Chippewyans 245 



{ Yellow Knives 332 











577 



... Dog Rib3 



788 



Mackenzie. 





... Slaves, or Etcha-ottine... 



300 



... Etcha-ottine 



115 



it t. 



100 



a a 



300 



( Slaves or Etcha-ottine 97 





J Dog Ribs 47 



] Mountain Indians ... 43 







Hareskins ... ... 85 









272 



... Hareskins 



422 



Dindjie or Loucheaux, 

 Quarrelers, Kntchin 



Eskimo of the Anderson 250 

 " " Mackenzie 300 



(Not collected by myself) 

 Slaves 



Population of the Mackenzie 



290 



550 



500 



4214 



Athabaska. 



Forts Chipewyau and Smith, 1879 f Chipewyans. 

 r J 1 Crees ... 



Fond-du-Lac, 1879 



Vermillion, Peace River, 1879 ... 



Fort MacMurray, Athabaska 

 River, 1879 



Fort Dovegan, Peaee River, 1879 



Fort St. John, Peace River, 1879 

 Lesser Slave River 



Caribou eaters 



Beavers 



Crees 



Chipewyans 

 Crees 



Beavers and Secanais 

 Crees 



Secanais 



537 

 86 



234 



195 

 137 



623 

 318 



240 

 53 



332 

 195 



Population of the Athabaska 1761 



Maximum total* 5975 



* These figures may be compared with similar but less detailed statistics 

 collected by Captain (now Sir Henry) Lefroy in 1844, and published in the 

 Proceedings of the Canadian Institute. 1853. They were also based on the 

 books of the Hudson's Bay Company's trading posts and the personal 

 knowledge of its officers. The enumeration of the Tinney under various 

 subdivisions comes to 1592 men, estimated to represent 7575 souls. To 

 these were added, at Fort Chipewyan, Lesser Slave Lake, and Isle a la 

 Cross, 209 families of the Crees, estimated at 1081 souls. The Indians 

 have apparently, therefore, decreased in numbers since 1844. 



