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C H A P T E R V I I I.
FORT CHIPEWYAN TO FORT M'MURRAY.
C H I P E W Y A U , it may be remarked, is not a Dene word. It is
the name which was given by the Crees to that branch of the
race when they first came i n contact with them, owing to
their wearing a peculiar coat, or tunic, which was pointed
both before and behind; now disused by them, but still worn
by the Esquimaux, and, until recent years, by the Yukon
Indians. Though somewhat similar i n sound, it has no connection,
i t is asserted, with the word Chippeway, or Ojibway.
For all that, the words are perhaps closely akin. The writer
for the accurate use in this narrative of words in the
Cree tongue is under obligation to experts. When preparing
his notes to his drama of " Tecuinseh" he was
indebted to his friend, M r . Thomas M c K a y , of Prince Albert,
Sask., a master of the Cree language, ' for the exact origin
and derivation of the words Chippeway and Ojibway. Both
are corruptions of O- cheepo- way, cheepo meaning " tapering,"
and way " sound," or " voice." The name was begot of the
Ojibway's peculiar manner of lowering the voice at the end
of a sentence. As " wyan" means a skin, it. is not improbable
that the word Chipewyan means tapering or " pointed "
skin, referring, of course, to the peculiar garb of the Atha-puskow
Indians when the Crees first met with them.
The sites of old posts are to be found all over this region;
but Chipewyan i n the beginning of the last century was
the great supply and trading- post of the North- West. Company.
From S i r J o h n F r a n k l i n ' s Journal ( 1820) it would
appear that the Hudson's B a y Company had begun, and, for
some reason not given, had ceased trading on Lake Athabasca,
as he says " F o r t Wedderburne was a small post built
io: t
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| OCR | C H A P T E R V I I I. FORT CHIPEWYAN TO FORT M'MURRAY. C H I P E W Y A U , it may be remarked, is not a Dene word. It is the name which was given by the Crees to that branch of the race when they first came i n contact with them, owing to their wearing a peculiar coat, or tunic, which was pointed both before and behind; now disused by them, but still worn by the Esquimaux, and, until recent years, by the Yukon Indians. Though somewhat similar i n sound, it has no connection, i t is asserted, with the word Chippeway, or Ojibway. For all that, the words are perhaps closely akin. The writer for the accurate use in this narrative of words in the Cree tongue is under obligation to experts. When preparing his notes to his drama of " Tecuinseh" he was indebted to his friend, M r . Thomas M c K a y , of Prince Albert, Sask., a master of the Cree language, ' for the exact origin and derivation of the words Chippeway and Ojibway. Both are corruptions of O- cheepo- way, cheepo meaning " tapering," and way " sound," or " voice." The name was begot of the Ojibway's peculiar manner of lowering the voice at the end of a sentence. As " wyan" means a skin, it. is not improbable that the word Chipewyan means tapering or " pointed " skin, referring, of course, to the peculiar garb of the Atha-puskow Indians when the Crees first met with them. The sites of old posts are to be found all over this region; but Chipewyan i n the beginning of the last century was the great supply and trading- post of the North- West. Company. From S i r J o h n F r a n k l i n ' s Journal ( 1820) it would appear that the Hudson's B a y Company had begun, and, for some reason not given, had ceased trading on Lake Athabasca, as he says " F o r t Wedderburne was a small post built io: t |
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