TRAmCTIONS OF THE SECTIONS. 
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Tih The Yellow Knives, sometimes called the Copper Indians, inhabit the conntr>' 
ito^rbe Copp r Mine River and the Fish River, already menUoned, and 
Between lue ^_„w;„u l,«»=n mir pmimnratlon. The de- 
aUihsence they seem w um - g _ • 
«ef dS on the gratitude of Englishtiien for the valuable services they have ren- 
M to die different Govemmeut expeditions that have been from time to tune eii- 
md hi tiipsurvey of the nortbetn snores of America. 
xih. The Carriers form the last division of this extensive group. They oc^y the 
rmtttpordou of the district hnowo under the name of hew Caledonia, west of the 
Litr .Monntains, where they seem to Iw now the only rcmaiamg rciircsenlauvcs ot 
4» rwe to which they belong. They may lie regarded as an extension of tlie 
hfiios. or, perhaps, the Heaver Indians are aa extension of them. 1 hey arc ine 
iiwot »nd most dwraded of all the Chippewyau faiiiUy. 'I’heir physical condition 
a*8feely, if at all, a^ve that of iho Hare Indians ou tho M'Kenxie, while in 
tf oonl and intellectual capacity they are described as much their inferiOT. Ihey 
»i sunk even below the Indian level in sensuality and filth, and eaten un by ducasc. 
Tlfit principal food is salmon, of whicb they dry large quantities tor llieir winter s 
Btntmption. . 
1 hits little doubt, from the evidence of language, that the Sareees, a tribe mha- 
hong the upper waters of the Saskatchewan, also belong to the Chijipewyan family, 
hiia» there is some ifference of opinion upon the subject I have not formally m« 
•Wed them in the enumeration. _ 
On Ike iVeAanni Tribe of a Kohochian Clues of American IluUans. 
By A. K. IsmsTER. 
Tin most numerous and powerful of the Kolouchiau tribes with which the writer 
personal knowledge arc the Nchaimies, Those range llie country between 
'U-KiBBiau settlements ou the Stikine River and tlie Rocky Wountains, where they 
•V toniermiuous with the Carriera of New Cnludonia on the south, uiid the iiaho* 
diMkj of M'Kenzie’s River on the west. Tlicy are ii brave and warlike race; the 
•wge and terror of the country round. It is a curious circumataiice, and not the 
remarkable from the contrast to the goiieral rule in such cases, that this turbu- 
*•1 and ungovernablfl horde wero under tho direction of a woman, who ruled them 
^widi a nid of iron, and was obeyed witli a readiness and unaniniUy truly niar- 
She was ceriainly a rcinarkaule character, and possessed of no ordinary ihare 
intelligence. From the fairness of her complexion and hair, and the general cast 
w features, she was believed to have some European blood. Whetner through 
^uiflunice or not, the condition of the females among the Nchuniiies stands much 
■fw than among the American Indians generally, 'fhe proper locality of the Ne- 
to tribe is the vicinity of the aca-coost, where they generally p.'iRs the summer. 
5 'fhiter tlioy rauge the country in the interior for ine purpose of barterinr. or 
furs from the hilaiid tribes; acting as middlemen between them and the 
They agree in general clmracter with the Koloochian*. having light 
^woons, long ana lank hair, fine eyes and teeth, and many of them strong beards 
to tiuiuches. They are not generally tall, but tetivo and vigorotu, bold and 
,**''}*' disposition; fond of tnusic and dancing, and ingenious and tasteful in 
dSM' decorations. They subsist principally on salmon, and evince a pre- 
^ 1 ^!?^ " ^*h diet, which indicates their maritime origin. Like all thenorth- 
^ possess numcrouB slaves; inhabitants, it is understood, of some of 
numeral islands which stud the const, and cither taken in war, or bought of the 
wsbhuanng tribej. 
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On the Loucheux Indians. By A. K. Isbistee. 
l^bonx, orQuarrellcrs, inhabit the country on both sides of the Peel, a tri- 
EllmogrnphicaUy considered, this tribe is important, being 
'hllerinii °'‘*?l^^^“^*q“'nmux,Chippewyan andKoloochcs. Their laiigii^e, though 
vocabulary is evidently closely allied to the Esquimaux. 
® Westera Loucheux indeed spoke Esquimaux fluently, and were perfectly 
