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feet thick without breaking the frail Utensil. The Knife and Dagg appear to me to be the least exceptionable. The Natives make use of two pieces of Metallic ore with a kind of spungy substance to be found upon the bark of the smooth Poplar Tree to make fire. They polish their arrows with Beaver's teeth and likewise between two stones by means of rubbing. The Bow & Arrow, and Knife are all the offensive and defensive arms they possess. The Esquimaux Tribes are the only enemy of whom they are suspicious, and it is mere suspicion, I imagine. Like all other disunited Tribes, they have no leaders of any note or authority amongst them. Although the Environs of Bear Lake is little productive of that valuable article, Beaver, yet the Country is well supplied with Martin and Muskrat, which with a small portion

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