The natives whom they now encountered (belonging to the maritime tribes) were comely in appearance, and far more cleanly than the tribes of the north-west.

As already mentioned, they had grey eyes, sometimes tinged with hazel.

Their stature was noble, one man measuring at least six feet four inches.

They were clothed in leather, and their hair was nicely combed and dressed with beads.

One of a travelling band of these Indians, finding that Mackenzie's party was on short rations and very hungry, offered to boil them a kettle of fish roes.
"He took the roes out of a bag, and having bruised them between two stones, put them in water to soak.