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their northern tribes are now known under 

 the names of Saulteurs or Chippeways, and 

 Crees; the former inhabiting the country 

 betwixt Lakes Winipeg and Superior, the 

 latter frequenting the shores of Hudson's 

 Bay, from Moose to Churchill, and the 

 country from thence as far to the westward 

 as the plains which lie betwixt the forks of 

 the Saskatchawan. 



These Crees, formerly known by the 

 French Canadian traders under the appel- 

 lation of Knisteneaux, generally designate 

 themselves as Eithinyoowuc ( men J, or, when 

 they wish to discriminate themselves from 

 the other Indian nations, as Nathehwy- 

 withinyoowuc ( Southern-men J.* 



* Much confusion has arisen from the great variety 

 of names applied without discrimination to the various 

 tribes of Saulteurs and Crees. Heckewelder considers 

 the Crees of Moose Factory to be a branch of that 

 tribe of the Lenape which is named Minsi, or Wolf 

 Tribe. He has been led to form this opinion, from 

 the similarity of the name given to these people by 

 Monsieur Jeremie, namely, Monsonies ; but the truth 

 is, that their real name is Mongsoa-eythinyoowuc, or 



