Copper Indians

The Copper Indians set a great value on this native metal even at the present day, and prefer it to iron for almost every use except that of

Pioneers in Canada Harry Hamilton Johnston 1892

Nevertheless, with the Copper Indians as guides, they got over this range, though not without being obliged frequently to crawl on hands and knees.

Pioneers in Canada Harry Hamilton Johnston 1892

The Copper Indians sent a detachment of their men in the double capacity of guides and warriors, and the whole party now turned towards the north-west, and after some days 'walking reached the Stony

Pioneers in Canada Harry Hamilton Johnston 1892

These owls were sometimes accustomed to follow the Indians for a whole day, and the Copper Indians believed that they would in some way conduct them to herds of deer and musk oxen, which without the birds 'assistance might never be found.

Pioneers in Canada Harry Hamilton Johnston 1892

When the Musk-ox is fat, its flesh is well tasted, and it is then preferred by the Copper Indians to the rein-deer.

Delineations of the Ox Tribe The Natural History of Bulls, Bisons, and Buffaloes. Exhibiting all the Known Species and the More Remarkable Varieties of the Genus Bos. George Vasey 1857

If this massacre should be the one mentioned by the Copper Indians the

The Journey to the Polar Sea John Franklin 1816

Expedition agreeably to the desire of the Copper Indians, communicating to him that I had received permission for him to do so from the partners of the North-West Company.

The Journey to the Polar Sea John Franklin 1816

Company's interpreters, named Beaulieu, a half-breed who had been brought up amongst the Dog-ribbed and Copper Indians, some satisfactory information which we afterwards found tolerably correct respecting the mode of reaching the Copper-Mine River which he had descended a considerable way, as well as of the course of that river to its mouth.

The Journey to the Polar Sea John Franklin 1816

The Copper Indians consider the bear, otter, and other animals of prey, or rather some kind of spirits which assume the forms of these creatures, as their constant enemies and the cause of every misfortune they endure; and in seasons of difficulty or sickness they alternately deprecate and abuse them.

The Journey to the Polar Sea John Franklin 1816

Soon after landing I visited the Hudson's Bay post on the same island and engaged Pierre St. Germain, an interpreter for the Copper Indians.

The Journey to the Polar Sea John Franklin 1816