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guages. Their dress also resembles the 

 Esquimaux, and differs from that of the 

 other inhabitants of Mackenzie's River. 

 The Tykothee-dinneh trade with Fort Good- 

 Hope, situated a considerable distance be- 

 low the confluence of Bear Lake River with 

 Mackenzie's River, and, as the traders sup- 

 pose, within three days march of the Arctic 

 Sea. It is the most northern establishment 

 of the North- West Company, and some 

 small pieces of Russian copper coin once 

 made their way thither across the continent 

 from the westward. Blue or white beads 

 are almost the only articles of European 

 manufacture coveted by the Loucheux. 

 They perforate the septum of the nose, and 

 insert in the opening three small shells, 

 which they procure at a high price from the 

 Esquimaux. 



On the west bank of Mackenzie's River 

 there are several tribes who speak dialects 

 of the Chipewyan language, that have not 

 hitherto been mentioned. The first met 

 with, on tracing the river to the southward 

 from Fort Good-Hope, are the Ambawtaw- 



