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44 T H R O U G H T H E M A C K E N Z I E B A S IN
Hudson Bay. I know there is strong adverse opinion as to
the starting- point of this migration, and I only offer m y own
as a suggestion based upon the facts stated, and as, therefore,
worthy of consideration. Sir Alexander Mackenzie speaks of
the Blaekfeet " t r a v e l l i n g north- westward," and that the Crees
were " invaders of the Saskatchewan from the eastward."
Indeed, he says the latter were called b y the Hudson's B ay
Company's officers at Y o r k Factory " t h e i r home- guards."
One thing seems certain, viz., that the Crees got their firearms
from the E n g l i s h at Hudson B a y i n the 17th century.
Thence that great tribe, called by themselves the Naheowuk,
but by the Ojibway Saulteaux the K i n i s t i n e a u x , and by the
voyageurs Christineaux, or, more commonly, the Crees— a
word derived, some think, from the first syllable of the
latter name, or perhaps from the F r e n c h crier, to shout—
descended upon the Blaekfeet, who probably at that time
occupied this region, and undoubtedly the Saskatchewan, and
drove them south along a l i n e stretching to the Rocky Mountains.
The t r a d i t i o n of this expulsion is s t i l l extant, as also of
the great raids made by the Blaekfeet and their k i n d r e d in
times past into their ancient domain. I remember v i s i t i n g,
w i t h my old f r i e n d Attakacoop— Star- Blanket— the deceased
Cree chief, twenty years ago, the triumphal p i l e of red deer
horns raised by the Blaekfeet north of Shell R i v e r , a t r i b u t
a r y of the N o r t h Saskatchewan. It is called by the Crees
Ooskunaka Assustakee, and the chief described its great
size i n former days, and the t r a d i t i o n of its o r i g i n as told
to h i m i n his boyhood. Be a l l this as it may, and this is
not the place to pursue the i n q u i r y , the stream Ih question
is, to the Crees who l i v e upon i t , not the R i v e r of the Slaves,
but the " R i v e r of the Blaekfeet." H o w i t came by its white
name is another question. Possibly some captured Indians
of the tribe called the Slaves to this day, reduced to servitude
by the Crees, were seen by the early voyageurs, and
gave rise to the F r e n c h name, of w h i c h ours is a translation.
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| OCR | 44 T H R O U G H T H E M A C K E N Z I E B A S IN Hudson Bay. I know there is strong adverse opinion as to the starting- point of this migration, and I only offer m y own as a suggestion based upon the facts stated, and as, therefore, worthy of consideration. Sir Alexander Mackenzie speaks of the Blaekfeet " t r a v e l l i n g north- westward," and that the Crees were " invaders of the Saskatchewan from the eastward." Indeed, he says the latter were called b y the Hudson's B ay Company's officers at Y o r k Factory " t h e i r home- guards." One thing seems certain, viz., that the Crees got their firearms from the E n g l i s h at Hudson B a y i n the 17th century. Thence that great tribe, called by themselves the Naheowuk, but by the Ojibway Saulteaux the K i n i s t i n e a u x , and by the voyageurs Christineaux, or, more commonly, the Crees— a word derived, some think, from the first syllable of the latter name, or perhaps from the F r e n c h crier, to shout— descended upon the Blaekfeet, who probably at that time occupied this region, and undoubtedly the Saskatchewan, and drove them south along a l i n e stretching to the Rocky Mountains. The t r a d i t i o n of this expulsion is s t i l l extant, as also of the great raids made by the Blaekfeet and their k i n d r e d in times past into their ancient domain. I remember v i s i t i n g, w i t h my old f r i e n d Attakacoop— Star- Blanket— the deceased Cree chief, twenty years ago, the triumphal p i l e of red deer horns raised by the Blaekfeet north of Shell R i v e r , a t r i b u t a r y of the N o r t h Saskatchewan. It is called by the Crees Ooskunaka Assustakee, and the chief described its great size i n former days, and the t r a d i t i o n of its o r i g i n as told to h i m i n his boyhood. Be a l l this as it may, and this is not the place to pursue the i n q u i r y , the stream Ih question is, to the Crees who l i v e upon i t , not the R i v e r of the Slaves, but the " R i v e r of the Blaekfeet." H o w i t came by its white name is another question. Possibly some captured Indians of the tribe called the Slaves to this day, reduced to servitude by the Crees, were seen by the early voyageurs, and gave rise to the F r e n c h name, of w h i c h ours is a translation. |
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