# Rocky Mountain Indians — Journals character guide

> Rocky Mountain Indians in Journals by Alexander Mackenzie.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Rocky Mountain Indians, Indians

**First appearance:** 0011-to-the-pacific-ocean-in-1793

## Who they are

Indigenous people living near the Rocky Mountains.

## In the story

### [Journals To the Frozen and Pacific Oceans in 1789 and 1793](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/journals_se/chapters/journals)

Indigenous group met during the Pacific expedition, providing guidance and trade.

### [To the Pacific Ocean in 1793](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/journals_se/chapters/to-the-pacific-ocean-in-1793)

Indigenous people encountered near the Rocky Mountains.

### [Chapter II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/journals_se/chapters/ii)

Described as trading with the fort, unarmed, and prey to the Knisteneaux before 1782.

### [Chapter III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/journals_se/chapters/iii)

Encountered during the voyage; they express ignorance of the route beyond the first mountain and warn of strong currents and rapids.

### [Chapter IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/journals_se/chapters/iv)

Referenced as the young men who informed the narrator about a supposed waterfall.

### [Chapter VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/journals_se/chapters/vi)

The guide who deserts the expedition after showing signs of dissatisfaction.

### [Chapter VIII: Encounters and Perils on the River](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/journals_se/chapters/viii)

A woman among the encountered natives is identified as a Rocky Mountain native, taken prisoner by the Knisteneaux.

### [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/journals_se/chapters/ix)

Encountered along the route; one elder carries a lance from the seacoast.

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