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in numbers at all adequate for the purposes of the present report. On this
account it is proposed to consider, in the meantime, only the pure Beaver
Indians and to reserve the data on the other groups until larger numbers
have been measured. Of the men classified as “pure” Beaver Indians
it is probable that four are approximately one-eighth white.

TABLE [
Distribution According to Sex, Age, and Stock, of the Individuals Examined
in 1929
Children
Men under 20 years
Bee Aged Aged Aged Aged
£e' ge ge ge 4
20 to 59 | 60+ | 20 to 59| 60+ Boys | Girls

Beaver, pure.......... 29 6
Beaver-white Naot Saree 1 OO |i ptete orkte Wel is remem | oem (ie ee] Wea bo a Cat

3 L
Beaver-white Be tae mets peninsula ia a liste rene Tsoi aM Lined Weeastie oat Ad x | peiaetnieae arrow. [Riise ae sec ates
Cree, pure. Roe ncae te 3 Cth ee!) STAT Np lcd in WEE PRS. ratte tel sl aoe ees
Cree-white........... 7 Sail ee Oe ee Pan | PPE Gare hr a Abii eearay 4 Plea ie anne Waa 2 be
Cree-white............ LL eects stesecogseet fii, fh net yal Ueel UINL a WEd rsade ti e

% 4
Cree-white............ 7 1

4 4

% _#
Cree-white............ eh et earlete actA PAIN vet AM ele eeeae es,

& t
Cree-white Bs ah alatatans egal] afelaters too opal Siareetiche Wevenai I ceok cic ae efaie | SPE e Le evoceas ora ste CP Ee later

B

Cree-Beaver.......... 8 Dia viecyeit Aswullitvecceecteyetamalls ber ersten enya pe

$ %
Gree=Beaver 2s isk atl ake slaseeel a cate se cera O07 WADE SSS Seal Seka, SL
Miscellaneous......... PAU) Le Cees] | Peet Hoc OT One| urge AC HEN ea

Motal sneer te 84 16

The number of pure Beaver Indians measured in any particular band
is too small, and the bands themselves are too heterogeneous, to allow
them to be considered by bands: nor would there be much purpose in so
considering them, as the Beavers have intermarried among themselves
from one end of Peace river to the other. On this account, if for no other,
they are better considered as a tribe. The Beaver Indians are regarded
by the traders, missionaries, and other white people whom the author
met as a relatively pure, unmixed tribe of Indians; the infusion of white
blood among them is regarded as weak indeed. Adjacent tribes are said
to despise the Beavers and to avoid intermarriage with them. It is,
moreover, a tactical mistake to ask an Indian directly if he is a Beaver,
for if he is not, he will resent the question as an imputation of inferiority.
Nor have the Beavers an enlarged opinion of themselves. It was, for
example, pointed out that at the dance arranged at ““Treaty-time’’ Crees,
Saulteaux, and breeds took part while the Beavers stood outside the circle
and looked on. Within the last thirty or forty years the Beaver Indians