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Dr Richardson’s Remarhs on the Climate and 
Names the Months in the Copper Indian Language^ adapted 
to the meridian of Fort Enterprise. 
^ ( March, 
t April, 
^ April, 
April, 
May, 
May, 
June, 
4. July, 
5. August, 
6. September, 
7- October, 
8. November, 
f November, 
\ December, 
10. January, 
(January, 
(February, 
j- Det-a?iee-cliazak. Eagle-moon. 
Bennee-thleeng-thillah. Dog-rump Moon. The 
month in which deer are run down with a 
dog, owing to a crust having formed upon 
the ice, sufficiently strong to bear a dog, but 
through which the deer break, and are im- 
peded. Termed also Crust-moon. 
1 Khtunsee-hawzing^nawroe-zelleh. The month in , 
5- which the icicles with crooked tips hang 
* from the rocks. 
I Bennee’-akkawzce. Egg-moon. Laying-moon. 
Bennee-atchithceh. MouHing-moon. 
Bennee assitzilloeh. The month in which the 
female rein-deer pass during the dewy nights 
with their young from the coast. 
Bennee^arasseetcho. The moon in which the 
large or male rein-deer arrive from the coast. 
Bennee-awrharvnteh. Rutting-moon. 
Bennee-tsee~ch* ellyee. The moon in which the 
foetus floats. 
) N ea-ts-tsaillah. Hoar-frost-moon. Trees cover- 
j ed with festoons of snow. 
Nee-tsa-tchoh. The big moon of the earth. The 
long moon. Half the winter. 
I Nintzee^za-tsillak. The moon of light winds. 
I Nintee-za-tckoh. Big windy moon. 
