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lous tribes in New Caledonia, as ascertained 

 by Sir Alexander Mackenzie in his journey 

 to the Pacific. They style themselves 

 generally Dinneh men, or Indians, but each 

 tribe, or horde, adds some distinctive epithet 

 taken from the name of the river, or lake, 

 on which they hunt, or the district from 

 which they last migrated. Those who 

 come to Fort Chipewyan term themselves 

 Saw-eessaw-dinneh, (Indians from the rising 

 sun, or Eastern Indians,) their original 

 hunting grounds being between the Atha- 

 basca and Great Slave Lakes, and Churchill 

 River. This district, more particularly 

 termed the Chipewyan lands, or barren 

 country r , is frequented by numerous herds 

 of rein-deer, which furnish easy subsistence 

 and clothing to the Indians ; but the traders 

 endeavour to keep them in the parts to the 

 westward where the beavers resort. There 

 are about one hundred and sixty hunters 

 who carry their furs to the Great Slave 

 Lake, forty to Hay River, and two hundred 

 and forty to Fort Chipewyan. A few 

 Northern Indians also resort to the posts at 



