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The tents average nearly ten inmates each, 

 which gives a population of seven hundred 

 and fifty to the whole. 



" The nations who were driven to the 

 westward by the Eascab and Crees are 

 termed, in general, by the latter, Yatchee- 

 thinyoowuc, which has been translated 

 Slave Indians, but more properly signifies 

 Strangers. 



" They now inhabit the country around 

 Fort Augustus and towards the foot of the 

 Rocky Mountains, and have increased in 

 strength until they have become an object 

 of terror to the Eascab themselves. They 

 rear a great number of horses, make use of 

 fire-arms, and are fond of European articles ; 

 in order to purchase which they hunt the 

 beaver and other furred animals, but they 

 depend principally on the buffalo for sub- 

 sistence. 



" They are divided into five nations: — 

 First, the Pawaustic-eythin-yoowuc, or Fall 

 Indians, so named from their former resi- 

 dence on the falls of the Saskatchawan. 

 They are the Minetarres, with whom Cap- 

 tain Lewis's party had a conflict on their 



