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. 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. lime. Many of the Northern Indians, who had joined us on the 24th of April, remained in our rompany for fome time; and though 1 well :new they had had a plentiful winter, and had then good ttocks of dried meat by them, and /ere alio acquainted with our diftre
. 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. lime. Many of the Northern Indians, who had joined us on the 24th of April, remained in our rompany for fome time; and though 1 well :new they had had a plentiful winter, and had then good ttocks of dried meat by them, and /ere alio acquainted with our diftrefs, they ne- (veiP gave me or my Southern companions the jleaft fupply, although they had in fecret amply [provided for our Northern guides. By the nineteenth, the geefe, fwans, ducks, julls, and other birds of pafl'age, were fo plentiful that wc killed every day as many as were fuffici- ;nt for our fupport; and having flopped a few lays to recruit our fpirits after fo long a faft, on the twenty-third we began once more to pro- ceed toward the barren ground. Soflbp having low perfectly rixovered from his late misfortune, jvery thing feemed to have a favourable appear- mce; efpecially as my crew had been augmented to twelve perfons, by the addition of one of my [guide's wives, and five others, whom 1 had en- jgaged to affift in carrying our luggage; and I ^ell knew, from the fcafon of the year, that lauling would foon be at an end for the fura- ler. The thaws having been by this time fo great as to render travelling in the woods almoft imprac- ticable, we continue our courfe to the Eafl on )eal River, about fixteen miles farther, when we Icame to a fmall river, and a firing of lakes con- [neded with it, that tended to the North. The. i9tli. 23d. Ki. * •>' V. 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 resemble the original work.
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