. 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 ©T betft, f^ dircfts its way towards theih imme- diately, and after hovering over them fome timey^^ies rbund them in circles, or goes a-head 5rl the fiUtie direftion in which they walk. Thfcy fefpeat thdir vifits frequently; and if they fee any <3ther moving
. 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 ©T betft, f^ dircfts its way towards theih imme- diately, and after hovering over them fome timey^^ies rbund them in circles, or goes a-head 5rl the fiUtie direftion in which they walk. Thfcy fefpeat thdir vifits frequently; and if they fee any <3ther moving objefts, fly alternately from one party to the other, hover over them for fome time, arid make a loud fcreaming noife, like the crying <5f i child. In this manner they are faid fome- f imes to follow paflengers a whole day. The Cop- . j5cr Indians putv gr6at confidence in thofe birds, and fay they are frequently apprised by them of the approach of ftrangers, and conduced by them to herds of deef and mufk-oxen ; which, without their afliftance, in all probability, they ne- ver could have found. The Efquimaiii feem not to have imbibed the fame opinion of thofe birds; for if they had, they fniid have bedii apprized of our approach toward their tents, becaufe ail the time the Indians lay in dmbufli, (before they began the maffacre,) a Jarge flock of thofe bird^ Wer6 tontinually flying about, and hovering alternately over them and the tents, making i, noife fufficient to awaken any man out of the founded fleep. After a fleep of five 6r fix hours \9t bnci riiore fet out, and walked eighteen or nineteen miles to the South South E^ft, Vvhen we arrived at one of the copper mines, which lies, froni the river*s mouth about South Sotitli Eali, diftafit ibout ot ihhiy iftiles. This. 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 r
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