King George

[Mike Cleven]

>From: "Alan H. Hartley" <ahartley at D.UMN.EDU>

>
>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.

Which suggests an older furtrade-era introduction of the Jargon, at least
some terms of it, into these regions than the main Klondike influx that came
later.  Does anyone around here know when the northwesterly inland
forts/posts of the HBC were founded, i.e. Lower Post, Atlin, etc.?

MC
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