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Show 28o BASIS OP AMERICAN HISTORY [ 1450 government, but the researches of F. Boas, under the auspices of the British Association, published in the Reports of that body ( 1885- 1898), are the great sources of information. Other works of importance are: A. Krause, Die Tlinkit Indianer ( 1885); I. Petroff, Report on the Population, etc., of Alaska ( 1884); W. H. Ball, Alaska and Its Resources ( 1870); " The Distribution of Native Tribes of Alaska" ( American Academy for the Advancement of Science, Proceedings, 1870); F. Boas, Social Organization of the Kwakiutl Indians ( 1897), Indianische Sagen von der Nord- Pacif. Kiiste Amerikas ( 1895); A. P. Niblack, " The Coast Indians," etc. ( United States National Museum, Report, 1898). INDIANS OP THE MACKENZIE RIVER BASIN The literature on the Indians of the northern interior is scanty. The best authority is E. Petitot, whose works- Grammaire comparee et Dictionnaire polyglotte des Dialectes Dene- Dindjie ( 1875), Monographie des Dene- Dindjie ( 1875), Ethnographie des Americains Hyperboreens ( 1878), and Traditions Indiennes du Canada Nordouest ( 1886)- contain much accurate description. Father Morice, who has published papers in the Transactions of the Canadian Institute and in the Proceedings of the Royal Society of Canada, is also a good first- hand authority. Of the early descriptions, S. Hearne, Journey front Prince of Wales Fort in Hudson Bay to the Northern Ocean ( 1795), is the best. Sir A. Mackenzie, Voyages from Montreal, etc. ( 1801), should also be read. INDIANS OP THE PLATEAUS For the Salishan tribes, J. A. Teit, The Thompson River Indians ( 1898), is the best source of information. This is an exhaustive monograph based on personal observation, and is trustworthy. For the Shahaptian and neighboring stocks of the interior, the descriptions by |