King George

[Alan H. Hartley]

The Hdbk of N. Amer. Indians VII (1990) p. 226 says:

"The Ahtna, associating the Tlingit with Canadian trade routes or with
Hudson's Bay Company goods, called them genzhu:y, as if 'King George
(men)'...a similar name was used by a number of other Subarctic tribes."

The author cites F. de Laguna et al. _Archeology of the Yakutat Bay
Area_ (1964) p.?, and J. Kari & M. Buck _Ahtna Noun Dictionary_ (1975)
p. 59.

The Ahtna are north of (inland from) the Eyak.

Alan