. 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. NORTHERN OCEAN. the advantage aridng to the Company from this increafe, the poor Northern Indians reap innumerable benefits from a fine and plentiful country, with the produce of which they annually load themfelves for trade, without giving the lead ofFence to the proper inhabi
. 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. NORTHERN OCEAN. the advantage aridng to the Company from this increafe, the poor Northern Indians reap innumerable benefits from a fine and plentiful country, with the produce of which they annually load themfelves for trade, without giving the lead ofFence to the proper inhabitants. Several attempts have been made to induce the Copper and Dog-ribbed Indians to vifit the Company's Fort at Churchill River, and for that purpofe many prefents have been lent, but they never were attended with an) fuccefs. And though feveral of the Copper ^ndians have vifited Churchill, in the capacity of fervar to the Northern Indians, and were generally fent back aded with prefents for their countrymen, yet the Northern Indians always plundered them of the whole foon after they left the Fort. This kind of treatment, added to the many incon- veniencies that attend fo long a journey, are great obftacles in their way; otherwife it would be as poffible for them to bring their own goods to market, as for the Northern In- dians to go fo far to purchafe them on their own account,. !;'' I'llill While I was writing this Note, I was informed by fomc Northern Indians, that the few which remain of the Copper tribe have found their way to one of the Canadian houfcs in the Athapufcow Indians country, where they get fupplicd with every thing at Icfs, or about half the price they were formerly obliged to give; fo that the few furviving Northern Indians, as well as the Hudfon's Bay Company, have now loft every ftiadow of any future trade from that quarter, unlefs the Company will eftablifli a fettlement witl, the Athapufcow country, and under fell the Canadians. A a 2 and i 1 â m. Plea
Size: 1545px × 1617px
Photo credit: © Library Book Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., booksubjectindian, booksubjectindiens, booksubjectnaturalhistory
