. 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. and at a confiderable diftance from any fall. Ac- cordingly, after the Indians had put all their guns, fpears, targets, &c. in good order, we croffed the river, which took up fome time. When we arrived on the Weft fide of the river, each painted the front of
. 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. and at a confiderable diftance from any fall. Ac- cordingly, after the Indians had put all their guns, fpears, targets, &c. in good order, we croffed the river, which took up fome time. When we arrived on the Weft fide of the river, each painted the front of his target or fhield ; fome with the figure of the Sun, others with that of the Moon,, feveral with different kinds of birds and bjaftsof prey, and many with the images of imaginary beings, which, according to their filly notions, are the inhabitants of the different ele- ments. Earth, Sea, Air, &c. On enquiring the reafon of their doing fo, I learned that each man painted his fliield with the image of that being on which he relied mofl for fuccefs in the intended engagement. Some were contented with a fingle reprefentation; while others, doubtful, as I fuppofe, of the quality and power of any fingle being, had their Ihields cover- ed to the very margin with a group of hierogly- phics quite unintelligible to every one except the painter. Indeed, from the hurry in which this bufinefs was necelfarily done, the want of every colour but red and black, and the deficiency of (kill in the artifl, moft of thofe paintings had more the appearance of a number of accidental blotch- es, than " of any thing that is on the earth, or in " the water under the earth j'* and though fome few of them conveyed a tolerable idea of the thing intended, yet even thefe were many degrees worfe than our country fignpaintings in England. When. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance
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