. 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. 1^4 W- ilia A JOURNEY TO THE however, after having had fome confultation with the In- dians, I ere<Sted a mark, and took pofleflion of the coafl, on behalf of the Hudfon's Bay Company. Having finifhed this bufinefs, we fet out on our return, and walked about twelve miles to
. 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. 1^4 W- ilia A JOURNEY TO THE however, after having had fome confultation with the In- dians, I ere<Sted a mark, and took pofleflion of the coafl, on behalf of the Hudfon's Bay Company. Having finifhed this bufinefs, we fet out on our return, and walked about twelve miles to the South by Eaft, when we ftopped and took a little fleep, which was the firft time that any of us had clofed our eyes from the fifteenth inftant, and it was now fix o'clock in the morning of the eighteenth. Here the Indians killed a mufk-ox, but the mofs being very wet, we could not make a fire, fo that we were obliged to eat the meat raw, which was intolerable, as it happened to be an old beaft. Before I proceed farther on my return, it may not be improper to give fome account of the river, and the country adjacent; its produdions, and tji^ animals which con- flantly inhabit thofe dreary regions, as well as thofe that only migrate thither in Summer, in order to breed and rear their young, unmclefled by man. That I may do this to better purpofe, it will be necefTary to go back to the place where I iirft came to the river, which was about forty miles from its mouth. Beflde the ftunted pines already mentioned, there are fome tufts of dwarf willows; plenty of Wifliacumpuckey (as the Englifh call it, and which they ufe as tea); fome Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hearne, Samuel, 1745-1792. London : Printed for A. Strahan and T. Cadell . ..
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