. 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. lU â 1" 71 JOUHNEY TO TlIK '.« 1 I » â i ,f' ': t4\ ( ii' !' ii. the liver. They relatcil miiuilely all piuticulars, and ended hy remarking, that I was no stranger to Indians, and that when I passed the spot I shouhl find that they had spoken the truth. The account given by Sanp6rc had been generally credit- ed; and I confess I was of the number of those who had
. 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. lU â 1" 71 JOUHNEY TO TlIK '.« 1 I » â i ,f' ': t4\ ( ii' !' ii. the liver. They relatcil miiuilely all piuticulars, and ended hy remarking, that I was no stranger to Indians, and that when I passed the spot I shouhl find that they had spoken the truth. The account given by Sanp6rc had been generally credit- ed; and I confess I was of the number of those who had relied on his veracity. This, however, being now rendered doubtful, if not absolutely destroyed, I was left in a state of very uncomfortable uncertainty. Besides, though the sketch of the yoimg hunter represented the Teh-Ion as running to the westward of north, and the position of the sun was in favour of its maintaining that course, still I could not recon- cile to myself the notion of high woods, frequented by moose, on the banks of a river flowing through the barren grounds, except on the supposition that it trended far away to the south-east, in a line for Hudson's Bay. Ultimately, therefore, after much embarrassment and perplexity, I de- cided on following up the original plan, as laid down in the paper read before the Royal Geographical Society; comfort- ing myself with the reflection, that the observations of Black Meat, an old Indian warrior, whom I had known in 1820, were as likely to be correct in this instance, as they had proved .to be in other particulars on the two former expe- ditions. My resolution being taken, I divided my crew into two parties. Five were to be left as an escort for Mr. M'Leod, and four were to accompany me in my search for the Thlew- ee-choh. It happened, fortunately, that there was at the fort a half- sized canoe, which was both lighter to carry, and in other re- spects more convenient than the larger one, for getting up the. Please n
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