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BEAVER . Athabaskan. About 700 on See also:

Peace See also:

RIVER

river, a western Very little. Rather stationary. See Babines. affluent of See also:

Lake Athabaska. Bu'3ut,A See also:

SALISHAN

Salishan. 287 on See also:

Dean Inlet, See also:

Bentinck See also:

ARM (a common Teutonic word; the Indo-European root is ar, to join or fit; cf. the Lat. armus, shoulder, and the plural word arma, weapons, Gr. apphs, joint, and the reduplicated apapilKSV, to join)

Arm, Little. Not very encouraging. See also:

MISSION

Mission lions, See also:

REP, REPP, or REPS

Rep. Brit. Assoc.

Adv. Sai. (See also:

BELLACOOLA

Bellacoola). Bellacoola See also:

RIVET (0. Fr. rivet, from river, to fix, fasten together, of unknown origin; Skeat compares Icel. rifa, to stitch together)

rivet, &c., See also:

COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast of See also:

INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence not yet strongly See also:

FELT (cognate with Ger. Filz, Du. vilt, Swed. and Dan. fill; the root is unknown; the word has given Med. Lat. filtrum, " filter ")

felt. 1891, and Alem. Amer. Mims. Nat. central See also:

BRITISH

British See also:

COLUMBIA

Columbia. De- Hist., 1898. creasing. BLACLFEET Algonkian.

About 824 in See also:

ALBERTA

Alberta, See also:

CANADA

Canada. De- Little. Steadily improving morally and Maclean, See also:

CANADIAN

Canadian See also:

Savage Folk (Siksika). creasing. financially. Anglicans, 237; Catho- (See also:

TORONTO

Toronto, 1890), and other writings; Has, 26o; pagans, 327. See also:

GRINNELL

Grinnell, See also:

BLACKFOOT (Siksika)

Blackfoot See also:

Lodge -Tales (N.Y., 1903), and other writings; Wissler, See also:

ANN

Ann. See also:

Arch. Rep. See also:

Ontario, 1905; See also:

SCHULTZ, HERMANN (1836- )

Schultz, My See also:

LIFE

Life as an See also:

INDIAN

Indian (N.Y., 1907); Wissler, Anlhrop. Pap. Amer, 3lss.

Nat. Hist., 1908. BL000s. Algonkian. 1168 near Ft. See also:

Macleod, Alberta. Little. All able-bodied See also:

INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN

Indians will soon See Blackfeet. Probably decreasing somewhat. be self-supporting. Presbyterians, 150; Catholics, 15o; the See also:

REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest See also:

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