Nehannees

A name given to a number of tribes who inhabit the head-waters of the Yukon, Mackenzie, and Stickeen Rivers. By the late George Gibbs, they are of a low grade and little is known of their peculiarities or numbers. They consist of the Abba to ten a , who inhabit the basin of the Pelly and Mac Mill an Rivers, and are called by the Hudson Bay people “Gens du Bois.” The Mauvais Mondi , inhabiting basin of Francis Lake. Arch i to ten a , called Sicannees by the Hudson Bay people, inhabit the head-waters of the Deas and Laird’s Rivers. The Dahotena , inhabiting the head-waters of the Stickeen, and the Iahko-ten a , in the basin of the Lewis River.