. 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. 36th. A JOURNEY TO THE On the eighteenth we arrived at Egg River, from which place, at the folicitation of my guide Matonabbee, I fent a letter poft-hafte to the Chief at Prince of Wales's Fort, advifing him of ay being fo far advanced on my return. The wea- ther at this time w
. 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. 36th. A JOURNEY TO THE On the eighteenth we arrived at Egg River, from which place, at the folicitation of my guide Matonabbee, I fent a letter poft-hafte to the Chief at Prince of Wales's Fort, advifing him of ay being fo far advanced on my return. The wea- ther at this time was very bad and rainy, which caufed us to lofe near a whole day ; but upon the fine weather returning, we again proceeded at our ufual rate of eighteen or twenty miles a day, fometimes more or iefs, according as the road, the weather^ and other circumftances, would admit. Deer now began to be not quite fo plentiful as they had been, though we met with enough for prefent ufe, which was all we wanted, each per- fon having as much dried meat as he could con- veniently carry, befides his furrs and other necef- fary baggage. Early in the morning of the twenty-fixth we arr»ved at Seal River*; but the wind ^'owing right up it, made fo great a fea, that v«e were obliged • Mr. Jetetn'c it very incorreft in his account of the fituation of this Rifer, and its courfe. It is not eafy to gucft, whether the Copper or Dog-iibbed Indians be the nation he calls Platfceteti dt Cbimt: if it he the former, he is much ninaken; for they have abundance of beaver, and other animals of the furr kind, in their country : and if the latter, he is equally wrong to affert that they have copper-mines in their A>UDtry; for neither copper nor any other kind of metal is in ufe among them. Mr, Jeremie was not too modefl when he faid, (fee Dobb's Account of Hudfon's bay, p. 19; "he could not fay any thing pohtivcly ingoing farther. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images th
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