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time of departure of one party for the benefit of another following. 
Richardson (1852, page 198) speaks of recognizing a smoke signal among 
the Hares which he answered with another, which in turn was acknow- 
ledged by a third column. Guns are used at the present time by travellers 
to announce their approach. Some families fire a fixed number of shots 
in succession which is a prearranged signal. Mackenzie (1802, page 91) 
speaks of seeing in the Hare country several Indian marks consisting of 
pieces of bark fixed on poles. These marks were used to designate the begin- 
ning of a trail on the river bank. 
There are no carved monuments in the Great Bear Lake country. 
Scientific Knowledge . Only a few of the names of the months were 
transcribed and these were from Good Hope Hare: 
April — ya xo | ya se U — Lesser snow blind month 
snow blind lesser 
May — ya xo | ya de’ * — Greater snow blind month 
snow blind greater 
June — be me | te g‘p xi — Melting month 
month melting 
July — e ye | go | sa — Egg month 
eggs in that month 
August — e cu | go | sa — Moulting month 
moulting in that month 
Russell (1898, page 165) also lists some of the native names of the 
months. For the Dogribs he gives: 
January — Et-se sa — Cold sun 
February — Nit-se sa — Small wind sun 
March — Nit-se-cha sa — Big wind sun 
April — Win-di-thi-che-ko sa — When the dogs travel with tails up 
sun 
May — Ne-wik-un sa — Sore eyes sun 
June — Wen-a-ki sa — Egg sun 
July — Wen-a-ehy-ko n sa — When the wing feathers are moulted sun 
August — Wen-at sa — When the caribou enter the woods sun, or 
Wen-di-e-in-e-ti sa — When the berries are ripe sun 
September — Wen-a-cha sa — When the caribou are abundant in the 
woods sun 
October — Ek-ola-chin-co sa — Paddle shoulder sun. (Alluding to 
the practice of striking a scapula against trees in luring moose 
at this season) 
November — Wen-de-to“ sa — When the ice sets fast sun 
December — 
For the Slave he gives: 
January — E-toz-in-e-cho-ke sa — New-year’s sun 
February — Ni-tsy& sa — Small wind sun 
March — Te-to n sho sa — Eagle sun 
April — Ni-tsya-cho sa — Big wind sun 
May — Be-ken-ot-o-to-ni-no n -ta sa — The geese arrive sun 
