4
The
tı̨
ch’ádı́
ı
told
nǫ
́
gha
to put the mucus from his nose on the spruce
trees so that it would turn into spruce gum for the Dene to use as
medicine and for building and fixing things like boats and baskets.
So
nǫ
́
gha
did this and the Dene were able to make good use of the
spruce gum.
As the years passed, the Dene built homes, hunted, fished, and trapped.
They used all of the meat and took great care when handling
tı̨
ch’ádı́
ı
that gave themselves to the Dene. They made clothing, tents and boats
from the hides. They gathered berries, picked
ɂįt’ǫ
́
, tł’o
, and
tł’ǝhtǝ́
to make medicines. They used the
deshı̨
̨
for firewood and to build
houses, sleds, boats, snowshoes or tools. They used the fresh, clean
tu
for drinking and washing, and they travelled all over the country on the
rivers and lakes.
At first, the Dene lived well together with
t’áhsı̨
gódı
–
tı̨
ch’ádı́
ı,
det’ǫne, luge, tso, tatsą, ɂı̨
t’ǫ
́
, deshı̨
, tł’o,
and
tł’ǝhtǝ́
.
