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110 THROUGH THE MACKENZIE BASIN
to development in those remote regions. Failure, of course,
at such a distance from transport and supplies, was inevitable.
But some of the prospectors, Captain Hall and others
who came out with ourselves, seemed to have no doubt that
much of the country they explored is rich in minerals.
Indeed, should the ancient repute of the Coppermine River
be justified by exploration, perhaps the most extensive lodes
on the continent will yet be discovered there.
If the Hudson's Bay route were developed, a short line of
rail from the western end of Chesterfield Inlet would tap
the mining regions prospected, and develop many great
resources at present dormant. The very moss of the Barren
Lands may yet prove to be of value, and be shipped to England
as a fertilizer. I have been told by a gentleman who
has travelled in Alaska that an enterprising American there
is preparing to collect and ship moss to Oregon, where it
will be fermented and used as a fertilizer in the dairy
industry.
To return to Lake Athabasca. It seemed at one time to
have been the rallying- place of the great Tine or Dene race,
to which, with the exception of the Crees, the Loucheaux,
perhaps, and the Esquimaux, all the Indians of the entire
country belong. It is said to have been a traditional and
central point, such as Onondaga Lake was to the Iroquois.
It is noticeable that, in the nomenclature of the various
Indians of the continent, the names by which they were
known amongst themselves generally meant men, " original
men," or people; e. g., the Lenni Lenape of the Delawares,
with its equivalent, the Anishinape of the Saulteaux, and
the Naheowuk of the Crees. It is also the meaning of the
word Dene, the generic name of a race as widely sundered,
if not as widely spread, as the Algonquin itself.
The Chipewyan of Lake Athabasca speaks the same tongue
as the Apache of Arizona, the Navajo of Sonora, the Hoopa
of Oregon, and the Sarcee of Alberta. The word Apache
has the same root- meaning as the word Den6, though that
fierce race was also called locally the Shisindins, namely,
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| OCR | 110 THROUGH THE MACKENZIE BASIN to development in those remote regions. Failure, of course, at such a distance from transport and supplies, was inevitable. But some of the prospectors, Captain Hall and others who came out with ourselves, seemed to have no doubt that much of the country they explored is rich in minerals. Indeed, should the ancient repute of the Coppermine River be justified by exploration, perhaps the most extensive lodes on the continent will yet be discovered there. If the Hudson's Bay route were developed, a short line of rail from the western end of Chesterfield Inlet would tap the mining regions prospected, and develop many great resources at present dormant. The very moss of the Barren Lands may yet prove to be of value, and be shipped to England as a fertilizer. I have been told by a gentleman who has travelled in Alaska that an enterprising American there is preparing to collect and ship moss to Oregon, where it will be fermented and used as a fertilizer in the dairy industry. To return to Lake Athabasca. It seemed at one time to have been the rallying- place of the great Tine or Dene race, to which, with the exception of the Crees, the Loucheaux, perhaps, and the Esquimaux, all the Indians of the entire country belong. It is said to have been a traditional and central point, such as Onondaga Lake was to the Iroquois. It is noticeable that, in the nomenclature of the various Indians of the continent, the names by which they were known amongst themselves generally meant men, " original men," or people; e. g., the Lenni Lenape of the Delawares, with its equivalent, the Anishinape of the Saulteaux, and the Naheowuk of the Crees. It is also the meaning of the word Dene, the generic name of a race as widely sundered, if not as widely spread, as the Algonquin itself. The Chipewyan of Lake Athabasca speaks the same tongue as the Apache of Arizona, the Navajo of Sonora, the Hoopa of Oregon, and the Sarcee of Alberta. The word Apache has the same root- meaning as the word Den6, though that fierce race was also called locally the Shisindins, namely, |
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