. 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. harmlefs animal fecming at the Hime time as contented along-fide the canoe, as if fwimming by the fide of its dam, and looking up in our faces with the fame fcarlefs innocence that a houfe-lamb would, making ufe of its fore-foot almoft every inftant to clear its
. 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. harmlefs animal fecming at the Hime time as contented along-fide the canoe, as if fwimming by the fide of its dam, and looking up in our faces with the fame fcarlefs innocence that a houfe-lamb would, making ufe of its fore-foot almoft every inftant to clear its eyes of muf- kettoes, which at that time were remarkably numerous. I have alfo feen women and boys kill the old moofe in this fituation, by knocking them on the head with a hatchet; and in the Summer of one thoufand feven hun- dred and feventy-five, when I was on my paffage from Cumberland Houfe to York Fort, two boys killed a fine buck moofe in the water, by forcing a ftick up its funda- ment ; for they had neither gun, bow, nor arrows with them. The common deer are far more dangerous to ap- proach in canoes, as they kick up their hind legs with fuch violence as to endanger any birch-rind canoe that comes within their reach; for which reafon all the Indians who kill deer upon the water are provided with a long ftick that will reach far beyond the head of the i ^11 ii n If^ ii The moofe are alfo the eafieft to tame and domefticate of any of the deer kind. I have repeatedly fcen them at Churchill as tame as fheep *, and even more fo; for they * The moofe formerly fent to his Majcfly was from that place. A young male was alfo put on board the fhip, but it died on tlic paffage, otiicrwifc it is probable they might have propagated in this country. L 1 would <,'-â "'i -â¢; it llii!. 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 p
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