. 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. for in thofe fituations a man with a good pair of fnow-flioes will fcarcely make any impreflion on the fnow, while the moofc, and even the deer, will break through it at every ftep up to the bel- ly. Notwithftanding this, however, it is very feldpm that the Indi
. 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. for in thofe fituations a man with a good pair of fnow-flioes will fcarcely make any impreflion on the fnow, while the moofc, and even the deer, will break through it at every ftep up to the bel- ly. Notwithftanding this, however, it is very feldpm that the Indians attempt to run deer down. The moofc are fo tender-footed, and fo ihort- windcd, that a good runner will generally tire them in lefs than a day, and very frequently in fix or eight hours; though I have known fome of the Indians continue the chace for two days, before they could come up with, and kill the game. On thofe occafions the Indians, in gene- ral, only take with them a knife or bayonet, and a tittle bag containing a fet of fire>tackle, and are as lightly clothed as poflible; fome of them will carry a bow and two or three arrows, but I ne- ver knew any of them take a gun unlefs fuch as had been blown or burfted, and the barrels cut quite fhort, which, when reduced to the leaft poffiblc fize to be capable of doing any fervice, muft be too great a weight for a man to run with in his hand for fo many hours together. When the poor moofe are incapable of making farther fpeed, they (land and keep their purfuers at bay with their head and fore-feet; in the ufe ot which they are very dexterous, efpecially the latter; fo that the Indians who have neither a bow nor arrows, nor a fhort gun, with them, are ge- nerally obliged to lafli their knives or bayonets to the end of a long (lick, and flab the moofe at a Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of thes
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