. A journey from Prince of Wales's Fort, in Hudson's Bay, to the northern ocean [microform] : undertaken by order of the Hudson's Bay Company for the discovery of copper mines, a north west passage, &c. in the years 1769, 1770, 1771 & 1772. Indians of North America; Natural history; Indiens; Sciences naturelles. A JOURNEY TO THE been; and though they are remarkably (carce fome years near Churchill river, yet it is faid, and with great probability of truth, that they are more plentiful in other parts of the country than they were formerly. The fcarcity or abundance of thefe animals in d
. A journey from Prince of Wales's Fort, in Hudson's Bay, to the northern ocean [microform] : undertaken by order of the Hudson's Bay Company for the discovery of copper mines, a north west passage, &c. in the years 1769, 1770, 1771 & 1772. Indians of North America; Natural history; Indiens; Sciences naturelles. A JOURNEY TO THE been; and though they are remarkably (carce fome years near Churchill river, yet it is faid, and with great probability of truth, that they are more plentiful in other parts of the country than they were formerly. The fcarcity or abundance of thefe animals in different places at the fame feafon is caufed, in a great meafure, by the winds which prevail for fome time before; for the deer are fuppofed by the natives to walk always in the dire6lion from which the wind blows, except when they migrate from Eaft ta Weft, or from Weft to £aft, in fearch of the oppofite fex, for the purpofe of propagating their fpecies. It requires the prime part of the fkins of from eight to ten deer to make a complete fuit of warm clothing for a grown perfon during the Winter; all of which fhould, if poffible, be killed in the month of Auguft, or early in September j for af- ter that time the hair is too long, and at the fame time fo loofe in the pelt, that it will drop off with the flighteft injury. Befide thefe fkins, which muft be in the hair, each perfon requires feveral others to be drefTed into leather, for ftockings and (hoes, and light Summer clothing; feveral more are alfo wanted in a parchment ftate, to make clewla as they call It, or thongs to make netting for their fnow-flioes, fnares for deer, fewing for their fledges, and, in fad, for every other ufe where ftrings or lines of any kind are required: fo that each perfon, on an average, expends, in the courfe of a year, upwards ' of. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illu
Size: 1417px × 1764px
Photo credit: © Library Book Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., booksubjectindian, booksubjectindiens, booksubjectnaturalhistory
