ACCOUNT, &c% 



I have been acquainted with fifteen different 

 tribes of Indians, which are the Sauteux, Crees, 

 Assiniboins, Rapid Indians, Black feet Indians, 

 Blood Indians, Sursees,Cautonies,Muskagoes,Chip- 

 eways, Beaver Indians, Sicaunies, Ta-cullies, Ate- 

 nas and Nate-ote-tains. The parts of the country, 

 which they severally inhabit, have already been no- 

 ticed, in my Journal. 



The tribes that are the most enlightened, and 

 that have advanced the farthest toward a state 

 of civilization, are the Sauteux or Chipeways, the 

 Muskagoes and the Crees, or Knisteneux, as they 

 have been sometimes denominated. These tribes 

 have a greater knowledge than the other Indians, 

 of the medicinal qualities of the bark of trees, and 

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