. Through the Mackenzie Basin : a narrative of the Athabasca and Peace River Treaty Expedition of 1899 . called Patterson, who had beendrowned in one of the rapids above, was recovered in springby some Indians, the body being completely enclosed in atransparent coffin of ice. On the following day we passedLittle Red River, and next morning reached the fort, where,to our infinite joy, we received the longed-for letters andpapers—our first correspondence from the far East. Fort McMurray consisted of a tumble-down cabin andtrading-store on the top of a high and steep bank, whichhad yet been flood
. Through the Mackenzie Basin : a narrative of the Athabasca and Peace River Treaty Expedition of 1899 . called Patterson, who had beendrowned in one of the rapids above, was recovered in springby some Indians, the body being completely enclosed in atransparent coffin of ice. On the following day we passedLittle Red River, and next morning reached the fort, where,to our infinite joy, we received the longed-for letters andpapers—our first correspondence from the far East. Fort McMurray consisted of a tumble-down cabin andtrading-store on the top of a high and steep bank, whichhad yet been flooded at times, the people seeking shelter onan immense hill which overlooked it. Above an island closeby is the discharge of the Clearwater River, the old canoeroute by which the supplies for the district used to come,via Isle a la Crosse. At McMurray we left the steamer andtook to our own boats, our Commission occupying one, andMr. Laird and party the other. The trackers got into har-ness at once, and made very good time for some miles, thecurrent not being too swift just here for fast The bull moose killed in the Athabasca below Foit McMurray
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