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hairy fide of which is alfo inwards ; and atxrve 

 them furred boots of the fame, and over thefe a fe- 

 cond pair of pumps, then another pair of boots 

 over that. It is affirmed they are fome times fhod 

 in this manner three or four times over, which, 

 however, does not prevent thefe Indians from being 

 extremely active. Their arrows, the only weapons 

 they ufe, are pointed with the teeth of the fea-cow, 

 to which they likewife add iron when they can get 

 it. In the fummer they live in the open air, night 

 and day, but in the winter under ground, in a iort 

 of caverns, where they lie pell-mell one above an- 

 other. 



"We are but little acquainted with the other na- 

 tions living beyond HudfonYbay, and in its neigh- 

 bourhood. In the fouthern parts of this bay, the 

 trade is carried on with the Mataffins, the Monfo- 

 nis, the Chfiftinaux, and AfTiniboils thefe lad 

 mull come from a great diftance as they inhabit the 

 borders of a lake to the north or north-weft of the 

 Sioux, and likewife fpeak a dialect of their lan- 

 guage. The three others fpeak the Algonquin 

 tongue. TheChriftinaux or Killiftinons, come from 

 the northward of Lake Superior. The Indians in 

 the neighbourhood of the river Bourbon *, and the 

 river St. Therefa, have no affinity in their language 

 either with the one or the other. Perhaps, they 

 may be better underftood amongft the Eikimaux, 

 who have been fren, as is faid, a great way above 

 the mouth of this river. It has been obferved that 



* It i -faid that a hundred leagues from the mouth of this 

 river, it is unnavigable for fifty more, but that apaftage is found 

 bv means of rivers and lakes which fall into it, and that after- 

 ward it runs through the middle of a very fine country, which 

 continues as far as the Lake of the Affiniboils, from vvhence it 

 takes its rife. 



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