. Narrative of the Arctic land expedition to the mouth of the Great Fish River and along the shores of the Arctic Ocean in the years 1833, 1834, and 1835 [microform]. Scientific expeditions; Expéditions scientifiques. 332 JOURNEY TO THE SHORES tu fill. ' ' '"at ' lbpl» * € I'l •i*^ fei?J fir' ^' not attempt to describe. He had been long expecting us, and had passed, it seems, many anxious hours in watching the dis- tant objects in the direction of our route. After our departure in July he had effected his return to the house with the loss of two dogs only, and had gone from thence to Fort
. Narrative of the Arctic land expedition to the mouth of the Great Fish River and along the shores of the Arctic Ocean in the years 1833, 1834, and 1835 [microform]. Scientific expeditions; Expéditions scientifiques. 332 JOURNEY TO THE SHORES tu fill. ' ' '"at ' lbpl» * € I'l •i*^ fei?J fir' ^' not attempt to describe. He had been long expecting us, and had passed, it seems, many anxious hours in watching the dis- tant objects in the direction of our route. After our departure in July he had effected his return to the house with the loss of two dogs only, and had gone from thence to Fort Resolution, to take possession of the forty bags of pemmican, as well as the outfit from York Factory, which had been forwarded by the Company. As he retraced his way, he had established two fisheries;* and having deposited the goods safe in store at the Fort, and left a trustworthy man in care of them, he pro- ceeded without loss of time to fulfil my last instructions by coming to the Thlew-ee-choh. It was gratifying to hear that the men under his charge had conducted themselves with propriety; but the'faint hope I had entertained of poor Wil- liamson's being alive was extinguished by the intelligence that his body had been found and interred by Mr. M'Leod. The unhappy man was discovered lying on the ground, with a few sticks near him, not far from his fire. He had died, as it seemed, from famine, aided, perhaps, from the des- pondency so observable in his conduct for some months previous to his discharge. The cause of this dejection we were unable to discover; but so melancholy was he, that in the autumn before the house was built, and when we were all encamped around it, instead of associating with his com- rades, he built himself a hut with pine branches, in which he ate his solitary meal; and frequently in the stillness of the night, when most others were at rest, this extraordinary man would be found sitting before his dwelling, with his eyes in- tently fixed on th
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