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same manner two of them who communicated to me the 

 following vocabulary in the languages of the Nagailer and 

 Atnah tribes. 



The Nagailer, The Atnah, 



or Carrier-Indians. or Chin-Indians. 



Eye, Nah, Thloustin. 



Hair, Thigah, Cahowdin. 



Teeth, Gough, Chliough. 



Nose, Nenzeb, Pisax. 



Head, Thie, Scapacay. 



Wood, Dekin, Shedzay. 



Hand, Lah, Calietha. 



Leg, Krrtj Squacht. 



Tongue, Thoula, Dewhasjisk. 



Ear, Zach, Ithlinah. 



Man, Dinay, Scuynlouch. 



Woman, Chiqoui, Smosledgensk, 



Beaver, Zah, Schugh. 



Elk, Yezey, Oikoy-Beh. 



Dog, Sleing, Scacah. 



Ground-hog, Thidnu, Squaiquais. 



Iron, Thlisitch, Soucoumang. 



Fire, Coun, Teuck. 



Water, Tou, Shaweliquoih. 



Stone, Zeh, Isbehoineah. 



Bow, Nettuny,, Isquoinah. 



Arrow, Ig an ? Squaili. 



Yes, Nesi, Amaig. 



Plains, Thoughoud, Shilela. 



Come here, Andezei, Thla-elyeh. 



The Atnah language has no affinity to any with which I 

 am acquainted ; but the Nagailer differs very little from, 

 that spoken by the Beaver Indians, and is almost the same 

 as that of the Chepewyans. 



We had a thunder storm with heavy rain ; and in the 

 evening when it had subsided, the Indians amused us with 

 singing and dancing, in which they were joined by the 

 young women. Four men now arrived, whom we had not 

 yet seen ; they had left their families at some distance in 

 the country, and expressed a desire that we should visit 

 them there. 



Sunday 23. After a restless night, I called the Indians 

 together, from whom I yesterday received the intelligence 



