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 XLVH.-^JVbffce regarding the Map of Mac^ 
 kenzie's Biver by Mr W. F. W^nzsl, of tke 
 North- WJest Fur Company. 
 
 {Read 22d March 1823.) 
 
 X HIS valuable map was tran8niitte4 to Professor Jame- 
 son, for publication in the Society'*s Memoirs, and is the 
 most satisfactory delineation of the celebrated Mackenzie''s 
 River hitherto presented to the public. Besides the de- 
 tails in the map itself, others of importance are contained 
 in the article ** On the attempts to reach the Sea by Mac- 
 kenzie''s River,''' published in the first part of the present 
 volume of Memoirs. In addition to these the foL.twing 
 notices have been communicated. 
 
 Horn Mountain Indians, are a tribe of the Dog-rib na- 
 tion. They speak the Chepewyan language, amount to 
 about 600 souls, and inhabit the country between Great 
 Bear and Slave Lakes. 
 
 Hare Indkms speak a dialect of the Chepewyan, but 
 their number is unknown. 
 
 Loucheua; Indians perforate the septus) of their nose, 
 resemble the Esquimaux in their dress, atid are supposed 
 to speak a dialect of the Esquimaux language. Number 
 unknown* 
 
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MAP OF MACKENZIE'S lllVEU. 
 
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 Rocky Mountain Indians. Number about 160 souls, — 
 speak a dialect of Chepewyan. 
 
 Strorig-Bow Indians. They frequent the country from 
 Fort Nelson to the forks of Mackenzie's River, and muster 
 about 280 souls. They speak Chepewyan, as <lo all those 
 tribes that are known in that quarter, except the Lou- 
 cheux. 
 
 Ranges of Mountains.— The natives s\)cak of there" being 
 eleven distinct ranges of the Rocky Mountains, which lie 
 parallel to each other, and have a general direction from 
 north to south. 
 
 Edible Earth.-^An edible earth is found below tlie 
 jfbrks, which is described as unctuous clay, which the In- 
 dians eat from choice. 
 
 Meteoric Stone. — The Strong-Bow Indians observed a 
 meteoric stone, several feet in diameter, to fall from the 
 sky. It had a bad smell, and its fall was attended with a 
 report like thunder. The year is unknown, but it was 
 since 1795, when the traders first established themselves 
 there. 
 
 Petrifying Spring, — There is a petrifying spring about 
 forty miles above the forks. The petrifactions are as white 
 as snow, and the spring issues from a stone of a light-grey 
 colour,'which is used for grinding tools, and is supposed to 
 be a kind of calcareous sandstone. The river cuts this bed 
 of stone into two, and produces a small cascade. 
 
 Flints or Calcedonies. — Above the Montagne de Bou- 
 leau, on the Riviere aux Liards, there are many stones 
 described as flints, but which appear, in general, rather to 
 be varieties of calcedony ; the colours are black, blue, 
 milk-white, and veined, clouded and striped ; the blackish 
 varieties are softer than the others; and all have a thin 
 yellowish coat or crust. Flint or calcedony is found in all 
 parts of Mackcn7,ip''s river, and is used by the natives to tip 
 their arrow.s with.