. 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. A JOUR MET TO THE Though I was not clofe t< his elbow when ho petfoffncd the above feat, yet I thought myfelf near enough (and P can afTure my readers I was all attention) to have detc^d him. Indeed I muft confeis that it appeared to mo to be a very nice piece of deception,
. 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. A JOUR MET TO THE Though I was not clofe t< his elbow when ho petfoffncd the above feat, yet I thought myfelf near enough (and P can afTure my readers I was all attention) to have detc^d him. Indeed I muft confeis that it appeared to mo to be a very nice piece of deception, efpecially as it was pec-t formed by a man quite naked. Not long after this fligbt-of-hand work was over, Ibme of the Indians afked me what I thought of it; ta which: I anfwered, that I was too far off to fee it fo plain as I could wifh ; which indeed was no more than the flrifteft truth, bccaufe I was not near enough to deted the decep- tion. The fick man, however, foon recovered; and in a few days afterwards we left that place and proceeded to< the South Wefl. pth. On the ninth of Augufl^ we on:e more purflied our journey, and continued 010" courfc in the South Weft quar- ter, generally walking about feven or ?ight miles a day. All the Indians, however, who had been in our company, except twelve tents, ftruck ofF difFerent ways. As- to myfelf, having had feveral days rc(V, my feet were com- pletely healed, though the fkin remained very tender for fome time. ijth-25th. From the nineteenth to the twenty-fifth, we walked by the fide of Thaye-chuck-gyed Whoie, or Large Whitc- fione Lake, which is about forty miles long from the North Eaft. 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 Hearne, Samuel, 1745-1792. London : Printed for A. Strahan and T. Cadell . ..
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