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upper branches of the Riviere aux Liards, 

 such as the Nohhannies and the Tsillaw- 

 dawhoot - dinneh, or Brushwood Indians. 

 They are but little known, but the latter 

 are supposed occasionally to visit some of 

 the establishments on Peace River. 



Having now communicated as briefly as 

 I could the principal facts that came to our 

 knowledge regarding the Indians in this 

 quarter, I shall resume the narrative of 

 events at Fort Enterprise. The month of 

 March proved fine. The thermometer 

 rose once to 24° above zero, and fell upon 

 another day 49° below zero, but the mean 

 was — 



On the 23d the last of our winter's stock 

 of deer's meat was expended, and we were 

 compelled to issue a little pounded meat 

 which we had reserved for making pemmi- 

 can for summer use. Our nets, which were 

 set under the ice on the 15 th, produced only 

 two or three small fish daily. Amongst 

 these was the round fish, a species of Core- 

 gonus, which we had not previously seen. 



On the following day two Indians came 



