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Liards, and murdered its inmates, the 

 Strong -bows were considered to be a 

 friendly and quiet tribe, and esteemed as 

 excellent hunters. They take their names, 

 in the first instance, from their dogs. A 

 young man is the father of a certain dog, 

 but when he is married and has a son, he 

 styles himself the father of the boy. The 

 women have a habit of reproving the dogs 

 very tenderly when they observe them 

 fighting. — " Are you not ashamed," say 

 they, " are you not ashamed to quarrel 

 with your little brother ?" The dogs ap- 

 pear to understand the reproof, and sneak 

 off. 



The Strong-bows and Rocky-Mountain 

 Indians have a tradition, in common with 

 the Dog-ribs, that they came originally from 

 the westward, from a level country, where 

 there was no winter, which produced trees, 

 and large fruits, now unknown to them. It 

 was inhabited also by many strange animals, 

 amongst which there was a small one whose 

 visage bore a striking resemblance to the 

 human countenance. During their resi- 



