. 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. cefTary arrangement for driving them through the narrow defiles. This method of hunting is performed in the fol- lowing manner: » • • • When the Indians fee a herd of deer, and intend to hunt them with bows and arrows, they obfcrve which way the wind blows, and
. 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. cefTary arrangement for driving them through the narrow defiles. This method of hunting is performed in the fol- lowing manner: » • • • When the Indians fee a herd of deer, and intend to hunt them with bows and arrows, they obfcrve which way the wind blows, and always get to leeward, for fear of being fmelled by the deer. The next thing to which they at- tend, is to fearch for a convenient place to conceal thofe who are appointed to Ihoot. This being done, a large bundle of flicks, like large ramrods, (which they carry with them the whole Summer for the purpofe,) are ranged in two ranks, fo as to form the two fides of a very acute angle, and the flicks placed at the diftance of fifteen or twenty yards from each other. When thofe neceflary arrange- ments are completed, the women and boys feparate into two parties, and go round on both fides, till they form a crefcent at the back of the deer, which are drove right forward; and as each of the flicks has a fmall flag, of more properly a pendant, faflened to it, which is eafily waved to and fro by the wind, and a lump of mofs ftuck on each of their tops, the poor timorous deer, probably taking them for ranks of people, generally run flraight forward between the two ranges of flicks, till they get among the Indians, who lie concealed in fmall circular fences, made with loofe flones, mofs, ^c. When the deer approach very near, the Indians who are thus concealed flart up and fhoot; but as the deer generally pafs along at T t full Tnlt 321. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearan
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