Abstract
IN the summer of 1943 I visited Fort Nelson, British Columbia, to study the etca?otena, or Brush Dwellers, a subdivision of the Slave Indians.' Friendly relations were also maintained with two English-speaking Cree Indians, Adolpheus Hudson and Napoleon Capotblanc, although no close ethnographic work was done with the Cree. However, Napoleon's ability to speak Slave and English recommended him as an interpreter for Slave informants. The eight tales in this paper were recorded in the relatively poor English of these two men and edited for grammar. Revision was deliberately kept down to preserve the flavor communicated in speech. The first five tales derive from European sources;2 the last three are of local origin. Hudson told all except no. 3 which Capotblanc volunteered.
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