“Deer”: Hearne, 1795: 4, 7, 8, 14, 24 (vicinity of Seal River or
Shethanei Lake); 28 (near Baralzon Lake); 35 (spearing by
Chipewyans on upper Kazan River); 39, 40 (W. of upper Kazan
River, July 22-30); 40-42, 50-52 (vicinity of upper Dubawnt
River); 50 (skins suitable for clothing in late August); 56, 66
(vicinity of Egg River, Manitoba, November and December); 67-68
(E. of Nueltin Lake); 69, 72, (Nueltin Lake); 69 (flesh of bucks
still unpalatable on December 30); 73, 74 (W. of Nueltin Lake,
January); 76 (plentiful W. of Kasba Lake); 77 (Snowbird Lake);
78 (Indians living all winter on deer at Wholdaia Lake); 78-80
(description of a pound); 80-84 (deer in Indian economy); 84
(remoteness a barrier to trade in skins); 85-87 (W. of Wholdaia
Lake, plentiful, March); 87 (“Thelewey-aza-yeth” Lake [on Thelon
River], numerous, April); 96 (Indians living all winter on deer
near Clowey Lake); 112, 114 (“Peshew” [Artillery?] Lake and
vicinity); 117 (plentiful, vicinity of Thoy-noy-kyed and
Thoy-coy-lyned lakes); 119, 123 (N. of Cogead Lake, where
Indians kill deer at a river crossing); 139 (N. of Buffalo
Lake); 141 (E. of Coppermine River); 142, 143, 147, 171
(Coppermine River and vicinity); 184 (Stony Mountains); 195
(Thaye-chuck-gyed Lake [Lac de Gras?]; great numbers killed);
196-197 (use for clothing, boots, tents, etc.); 197 (warbles
eaten by Indians); 198 (rutting season in October; subsequent
segregation of sexes); 198-199 (old bucks’ antlers shed in
November; young bucks still retain theirs at Christmas, and does
till summer); 201, 204 (Point Lake); 222 (between Great Slave
and MacKay lakes); 275 (large numbers reported on upper Taltson?
River); 281 (W. of Hill Island Lake); 285, 286 (plentiful in
April on Thee-lee-aza [Thelon?] River, NE. of Hill Island Lake);
293 (near Wholdaia Lake); 295, 296 (W. and E. of Kazan River);
297 (method of drying meat); 299 (plentiful in June, Nueltin
Lake region); 300 (vicinity of Egg River, Manitoba); 316-319
(stomach contents, unborn young and uterus eaten by Indians);
321-322 (Indians driving deer between converging rows of
sticks); 322-323 (tents of deerskin); 323-325 (skins used in
manufacture of sledges, snowshoes, and clothing).
“Rein-deer”: Parry, 1821: 273 (E. coast of Baffin Island).
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