2 
in numbers at all adequate for the purposes of the present report. On this 
account it is proposed to consider, in the meantime, only the pure Beaver 
Indians and to reserve the data on the other groups until larger numbers 
have been measured. Of the men classified as “pure” Beaver Indians 
it is probable that four are approximately one-eighth white. 
Table I 
Distribution According to Sex, Age, and Stock, of the Individuals Examined 
in 1929 
Stock 
Men 
Women 
Children 
under 20 years 
Total 
Aged 
20 to 59 
Aged 
60+ 
Aged 
20 to 59 
Aged 
60+ 
Boys 
Girls 
Beaver, pure 
29 
6 
11 
2 
4 
2 
54 
Beaver-white 
1 
1 
3 
1 
6 
I i 
Beaver-white 
1 
1 
i ft 
Cree, pure 
3 
6 
7 
2 
18 
Cree-white 
2 
2 
i i 
Cree-white 
11 
5 
1 
1 
18 
¥ 1 
Cree-white 
7 
1 
10 
1 
2 
3 
24 
„ § t . t 
Cree-white 
3 
2 
1 
1 
7 
i . i 
Cree-white 
1 
1 
* i 
Cree-Beaver 
8 
2 
4 
14 
1 t 
C ree-B ea ver 
2 
3 
5 
A * 
Miscellaneous 
20 
11 
4 
35 
Total 
84 
16 
56 
6 
8 
15 
185 
The number of pure Beaver Indians measured in any particular band 
is too small, and the bands themselves are too heterogeneous, to allow 
them to be considered by bands: nor would there be much purpose in so 
considering them, as the Beavers have intermarried among themselves 
from one end of Peace river to the other. On this account, if for no other, 
they are better considered as a tribe. The Beaver Indians are regarded 
by the traders, missionaries, and other white people whom the author 
met as a relatively pure, unmixed tribe of Indians; the infusion of white 
blood among them is regarded as weak indeed. Adjacent tribes are said 
to despise the Beavers and to avoid intermarriage with them. It is, 
moreover, a tactical mistake to ask an Indian directly if he is a Beaver, 
for if he is not, he will resent the question as an imputation of inferiority. 
Nor have the Beavers an enlarged opinion of themselves. It was, for 
example, pointed out that at the dance arranged at Treat y-ti me’ ’ Crees, 
Saulteaux, and breeds took part while the Beavers stood outside the circle 
and looked on. Within the last thirty or forty years the Beaver Indians 
