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EEPORT—1847. 
1 St The Chippewyans Proper—This tribe, probably from tlieir haring been (in 
fint with whom the whites became acquainted, are considered as the germ of ibenee. 
’I'licy range the country from Jltidson’s 13ay to Athabasca Lake, and extend u &r 
north as Slave Lake and the Fish River, a large stream not yet laid dona in mb 
niapi, and said to flow into ChcBtorficId Inlet. The dWeet of this tribe «wiui.imd 
the standard of the Chippewyau tongue; which is barsh and gutturd,difficslt «f 
rnunmtioi), and luiplcasant to ibe car. As a language it is exceedingly mrsgn ud 
luijwrfvct— -Hot only’ barren, as nmst Indian languages are, of abstract and jhuibl 
iiTiiJi. lot singularly deficient iji the means of expn-ssing the comiuonat rfijwirf 
iiAtnrc ; tans, there is but one word hr a kritU, a tton, a tpade, u lyocm, and » la 
tiuk-^tcause tlm« arlicles are nil matiu/aclured from iron, ’lliis charscletmji 
tliruughoiit the language; and the poverty of vocables arising from this esuw indnm 
n cmni>le.xiiy of structure mid a necessity of circumlocution, which barely eDsbl« lit 
lutuvidual to indicate the Idea which Ik* cannot express. This circurostanet nii'ltft 
** Hcquisidon to Europeans, whojiever become mastenoflhttonpH. 
f. Bc.xver Indians extend from Lake Athabasca, alone both udesd tit 
JVaealliver. to the Rocky Momitalns. 
Ilipy range from the bend waleri of the Saskatchewan to tlie sources of the Itiriin 
mix Liard*, a ti-ibutary of tho M‘Kcnzie. Their language differs ctrasidErab^ ftw 
lot ol all the other i’hippetvy on tribes, being softer and soraewbat more copious, llity 
mnif more frequently in contact with the Crecs and other tribes of the south, tiid 
rnnv partly account for tliis cirtximsfance. 
pijceeding along the chain of the Rocky Mountains, we han-,- 
r . -the Imlio-oimiifs, n mountain tribe, and, like most mountaineers, a bold tad 
imrdy rnce, and of n Kuniewhat warlike turn. ITcnce tho name given to them hr ihe 
tanadian traders of “Mauraia Monde.” They inhabit the country around ihe upptr 
wniers of the River Liard. 
s • • •sssi^vT Cl4(^ VaAvWo oJa 
' III'" wretched and deplorable that can be imagined, 
t^. r? f."; .•* of the co*e, exists to a frighlfiil «x- 
the irilii. i.on ^ ’n'** practice is looked upon with howr ly 
<Mid t.. 1^’’ *<> ‘his dreadful expedient pot « 
fainiliM Anri n I^^^e been known of parents destroyin^ih®'^ 
TW arc^^ah t .etnsolvos lo avoid this fatal alternative. ^ 
rtidcst^f..bi«. ^ clothed in the skins of rabbits, tagged logelhcraJlerfiie 
the tribe Th ^ ‘Ic eiida of smew; hence the name of Jnre/uditffw ap|i«i« 
the onej’iur the year n-unda 
t*idlv^eew*al?,i« i, arc a puny and .stunted rice, aad are » 
wretchwl tribe \ i ‘^‘sappear altogether. Yet itis from tli 
Company'^Sraw neafly all the prshts of .W 
«rwlds^im!«!t^ri‘’^". n’’"* ‘he sixth di*Tsion of tlie group. They inhabit the b^ 
n»e» live tir>ui» thJr ■ extend as far east as the Copper Mine Bittf- 
the migrations of thMe**^**^*^’ frequent tlieir lands in great numbers, 
herd. Thlr^fnl™ f parcel of the 
CMhlmri with ttiAif « tndependcot of the wlutes, and present s msAtd 
«r ilip rcin-dc'i- I^fare TVibe. They are well-clolhcd in lbe^» 
their reach. ^ •J‘LJ aI clients of comfort^ and Indian prosperity wih;c 
P‘-Qceftil djlvy,.;.;,:,, uf.,* vigorous, hut not very active race, of a mild >•<“ 
cniNTcuv. ’Kl.'ri. n ' **"•' meiitid scale, and apparently of very 
receive* the naiiio of il” they are decreasing in uiimberi. Thj' 
dog. ® ^°g Ilihs from a tradition that they are descended from the 
