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It is not possible now to detennine what will be the final 
influence of tlie aborigines on the generations of Canadian people still 
to come. Doubtless all the tribes will disappear. Some will endure 
only a few years longer, others, like the Eskimo, may last several 
centuries. Some will merge steadily with the white race, otliers will 
bequeath to future generations only an infinitesimal fraction of their 
blood. Culturally they have already contributed everything that 
was valuable for our own civilization beyond what knowledge we 
may still glean from their histories concerning man’s ceaseless 
struggle to control his environment. 
