21^ Dr Richardson's Remarks on the Climate and 
The following Cree names qf the months are indicative of 
certain natural phenomena which recur with the returning sea- 
Eagle-moon. 
Goose-moon. 
Frog-moon. 
Hatching-moon. 
Moulting-moon. 
Flying-moon.’ 
Ripe-berry-moon. 
Fall-moon (Fall of the leaf). 
Rutting-moon (of moose-deery. 
Hoar-frost-moon. 
C The great-dreaming-moon, the moon its 
^ which the sun travels low. 
f, Lesser-dreaming-moon. 
The February moon, including part of March, is sometimes 
termed Keesheh ’'peesliim, or Great Moon. The names of the 
months are by no means fixed in the Indian languages, varying 
with the nature of the district the hunter resides in, and perhaps 
with the fancy of the individual who speaks. 
Remarks upon the Climate of Athabasca and Slave Lakes. 
Having discussed as many facts respecting the Cumberland 
House climate as we could collect, I shall, before proceeding ta 
details regarding the climate of Fort Enterprize, notice some 
circumstances connected with two intermediate spots, namely, 
Fort Chepewyan, on the Athabasca Lake, in Lat. 58° 43' N., and 
Long. 111° 18' W., and the Little Lake, near the debouche of 
Slave River into Slave Lake, in Lat. 61°12'N., Long. 1 13” 12' W., 
because, at the former, barley, and I believe wheat, are advanta- 
geously cultivated, and the latter is the most northerly fur-post, 
at which, as far as my information goes, barley has been tried, and 
succeeded. We possess no observations of the temperatures of 
these districts for an entire year ; but the summer temperatures 
of 1820, were obtained whilst we were travelling through them. 
sons. 
Marchl' 
April, 
May, 
June, 
July,' 
July, ) 
August, j 
August, ) 
September, j 
September, 1 
October, j 
October, ) 
November,. / 
November, ) 
D'ecember, ( 
December, 1 
January, j 
January, I 
February, j 
Meegeskew-eepcesh'm, 
N^cesea-'pesshim. 
Atkeek-eep<eshim, 
Opuskow~eepeeskim^ 
Opeeneyoo-eepcBshiniy 
Opahow-eepeeskim, 
Atteeh teh-eepcsskim.^ 
Tawkquaggan-eepcsskim, 
Onotcheehtow-eepeeshim^ 
Weetheekopeyoo-eepceshim^ 
Keeshek-paieaitagganumy 
Keeshek-pawattagganawset 
