Beothuk and Micmac . situation to refer to the fact that theMontagnais of Labrador, I find, regard theirneighbors, the Naskapi of the interior, inthe same light. It is common to hear-Mon-tagnais hunters from the coast relate how,when they chanced upon a remote camp ofNaskapi in their wanderings, the latter fledin fear before those who were clothed inwhite mens garments. Returning to the subject of local nomen-clature, there is another place known to theEnglish as Hodges mountain, some dis-tance northeast of the village of BadgersBrook. This is called Meywezaxsit, red-faced person. It is claime
Beothuk and Micmac . situation to refer to the fact that theMontagnais of Labrador, I find, regard theirneighbors, the Naskapi of the interior, inthe same light. It is common to hear-Mon-tagnais hunters from the coast relate how,when they chanced upon a remote camp ofNaskapi in their wanderings, the latter fledin fear before those who were clothed inwhite mens garments. Returning to the subject of local nomen-clature, there is another place known to theEnglish as Hodges mountain, some dis-tance northeast of the village of BadgersBrook. This is called Meywezaxsit, red-faced person. It is claimed that a Mic-mac hunter many years ago discovered aRed Indian camp on its slopes. Every-thing was intact in a lone wigwam discov-ered there, which was lined with caribou-skins (incidentally another Algonkian re-semblance). Here, Louis John clauns, iswhere the last Red Indians are thought tohave starved to death during a severe win-ter storm. Some historical accounts from Indian INDIAN NOTES SPECK—BEOTHUK AND MICMAC. SNOWSHOES OF THE BADGERS BROOK BAND OF MICMACUolh arc filled with caribouhide thongs; b is 36 in. long SPECK—BEOTHUK AND MICMAC
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