They profess strong affection for their children, and some regard for their relations, who are often numerous, as they trace very far the ties of consanguinity.

A curious instance of the former was mentioned to us, and so well authenticated, that I shall venture to give it in the words of Dr.Richardson's Journal.
"A young Chipewyan had separated from the rest of his band for the purpose of trenching beaver, when his wife, who was his sole companion, and in her first pregnancy, was seized with the pains of labour.

She died on the third day after she had given birth to a boy.

The husband was inconsolable, and vowed in his anguish never to take another woman to wife, but his grief was soon in some degree absorbed in anxiety for the fate of his infant son.

To preserve its life he descended to the office of nurse, so degrading in the eyes of a Chipewyan, as partaking of the duties of a woman.