nahathaway

Updated: August 29, 2026

We saw but few of them in our route along the courses of the river, and on the banks of the Winipeg. These are called Muskeggouck, or Swamp Indians, and are considered a distinct tribe, between the Nahathaway or Cree and Saulteaux.

John West - The Substance of a Journal During a Residence at the Red River Colony, British North America: and Frequent Excursions Among the North-West American: Indians, In the Years 1820, 1821, 1822, 1823.