Table of Contents.

CHAPTER I.
Name of the Dénés and their Habitat.
In the North.

Introductory 1. — Improper names of the stock 2. — Real name 5. — Habitat as re-
presented by various maps 7. — Powell’s map 9. — Discoverers and authors on the question 13.
— Real boundaries 15. — Geographical features 17. — Climate 19.

CHAPTER II.
Distribution and Population of the Northern Dénés.
Population in general 21. — The Loucheux and their name 22. — Habitat of the

Loucheux 23. — Distribution of the Loucheux tribes 25. — The Subarctic Dénés 28. —
Athabaskans or Eastern Dénés 31. — The Intermediate Dénés 33. — The Western Dénés 37.
CHAPTER III.

The Southern Dénés.
The great scission in the Déné family 40. — Effects of the exodus 42. — The Northern

Dénés remembered by their southern kinsmen 43. — The names of the Southern Dénés 45.
— The Navaho country 46. — The Apache tribes 47. — Distribution of the Navahoes 50. —
Erroneous identifications 52. — The Pacific Dénés 54. — The connecting link between south

and north 56. — The Déné tribes with habitat and population 58.

CHAPTER IV.
Physical Characteristics of the Dénés.
Features common to the whole nation 60. — The physique of the Northern Dénés 61.
— In the west 63. — Among the Southern Dénés 64. — Sexual characteristics 65. -— A
remarkable physiological phenomenon 66. — The acuteness of their senses 67. —- Limitation
of their visual faculties 69. -- Their fortitude in times of distress 70. — Pathological condi-
tions 71. — Longevity and commiscegenation 73.
CHAPTER V.

Personal Adornment and Deformation.

Care of the hair 74. — As to facial hair 76. — Tattooing 77. — Face painting 79. —
Bodily deformations and mutilations 80. — Every day head ornaments 82. — Non-ceremonial
body ornaments 84.

CHAPTER VI.
Dress and Personal Habits.

Dress of the Southern Dénés 87. — The Loucheux costume 89. — Among the North-
western Dénés 90. — Dress of the Western Dénés 91. — Minor details of the wearing apparel 93.
— Moral sense as evidenced by the costume 96. — Washing and personal habits 97.